Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Because
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Mark 6:19
Therefore Herodias bore him a rooted resentment, and would have slain him; yet could not:
Mark 14:1
NOW the passover and the feast of unleavened bread were but two days distant; and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him by craft, and kill him.
Acts 4:21
Then they with many additional threatenings dismissed them, finding no pretext how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for what had been done.
Acts 5:26
Then went the captain, with the officers, and brought them; not forcibly, for they were afraid of the people, lest they should stone them.
Because
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, From men, we are afraid of the populace, for they all hold John as a prophet.
Mark 11:30
The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.
Luke 20:6
But if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.