And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.

but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.

praising God and being regarded with favour by all the people. Also, day by day, the Lord added to their number those whom He was saving.

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.

How much severer punishment, think you, will he be held to deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, has not regarded as holy that Covenant-blood with which he was set free from sin, and has insulted the Spirit from whom comes grace?