Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
They sought
Because
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Bible References
They sought
2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou are the man. Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul.
Proverbs 9:7
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.
Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.
Isaiah 29:1
Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year. Let the feasts come round.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Because
Matthew 21:11
And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.
Luke 7:16
And fear seized all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised among us, and, God came to help his people.
John 7:40
Many from the multitude therefore, when they heard the saying, said, This is truly the prophet.
Acts 2:22
Men, Israelites, hear ye these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,
General references
Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and the scholars sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.