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
So Herodias hated him, and wished to put him to death;
Mark 14:1
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;
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.
Because
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."
Mark 11:30
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me!"
Luke 20:6
"And if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that John was a prophet."