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
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Because
Matthew 21:11
And the multitudes said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
Luke 7:16
And fear seized on all, and they gave glory to God, saying, A great prophet hath risen up among us; and, God hath visited his people.
John 7:40
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know,
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Luke 22:2
and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him; for they feared the people.