'They Were Afraid' in the Bible

Then the captain went with the officers [and] brought them, not with force (for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned [by them]).

And when he came [back] to Jerusalem, Saul attempted to associate himself with the disciples but they were afraid of him [because of his past], and could not believe that he was a [true] disciple.

And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.

and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.