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But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;
And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;
and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'
And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;