If he hear not them, tell it unto the congregation: if he hear not the congregation, take him as a heathen man, and as a publican.

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the people, because they counted him as a prophet.

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this power?"

And they went about to lay hands on him, but they feared the people, because they took him as a prophet.