Matthew 14:5
And although he wished to kill John, he feared the people, for they considered John a prophet.
Matthew 11:9
"But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;
Matthew 21:26
"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."
Matthew 21:32
"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.
Mark 6:19-20
So Herodias hated him, and wished to put him to death;
Mark 11:30-32
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me!"
Mark 14:1-2
Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;
Luke 20:6
"And if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that John was a prophet."
Acts 4:21
So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.
Acts 5:26
On this the officer went off with his men and fetched them, not, however, by force, for they were afraid that the people would stone them.