Matthew 21:46

and they sought to take him, but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:11

And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a prophet.

Luke 7:16

And fear seized all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is raised up among us; and, God has visited his people.

Luke 7:39

And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known who and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a sinner.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil.

John 7:40-41

Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet;

Acts 2:22

Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know,

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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

They sought

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They sought

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil.

Because

Matthew 21:11
And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.
Luke 7:16
And fear seized all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is raised up among us; and, God has visited his people.
John 7:40
Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet;
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know,

General references

Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might destroy him, for they feared the people.