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public Opinion » Feared by » Chief priests, who feared to answer the questions of jesus
But if we say, "From humans'"?" They were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.
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They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.
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They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."
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When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
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public Opinion » Feared by » Chief preists, who feared to further persecute the disciples
So they threatened Peter and John even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened,
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So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.
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public Opinion » Feared by » Rulers, who believed in jesus, but feared the pharisees
Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it so they would not be thrown out of the synagogue. For they loved the praise of human beings more than the praise of God.
public Opinion » Feared by » The parents of the man who was born blind
But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself." His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, since the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
public Opinion » Feared by » Joseph of arimathaea
Later on, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, and he came and removed his body.
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public Opinion » Feared by » Nicodemus
He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."
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