Matthew 21:46

Yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a Prophet.

Matthew 21:11

"Who is this?", to which the crowd replied--"This is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

Matthew 21:26

But if we say 'human,' we are afraid of the people, for every one regards John as a Prophet."

Luke 7:16

Every one was awe-struck and began praising God. "A great Prophet has arisen among us," they said; "and God has visited his people."

Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself: "Had this man been 'The Prophet,' he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast."

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

John 7:40-41

Some of the people, when they heard these words, said:

Acts 2:22

Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

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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 it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.

Because

Matthew 21:11
"Who is this?", to which the crowd replied--"This is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."
Luke 7:16
Every one was awe-struck and began praising God. "A great Prophet has arisen among us," they said; "and God has visited his people."
John 7:40
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said:
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

General references

Luke 22:2
The Chief Priest and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity of destroying Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.