Matthew 21:46

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

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  • Matt 21:11 : 11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
  • Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
  • Luke 7:16 : 16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.
  • John 7:7 : 7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
  • John 7:40-41 : 40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
  • Acts 2:22 : 22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul; 8 I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things. 9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun. 12 You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun. 13 And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
  • Prov 9:7-9 : 7 He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name. 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him. 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
  • Isa 29:1 : 1 Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 20:19-20
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    19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

    20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

  • Mark 12:12
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    12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

  • Mark 14:46
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    46 And they put their hands on him, and took him.

  • John 7:44
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    44 And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

  • Matt 21:45
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    45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

  • Matt 14:5
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    5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

  • Mark 11:18
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    18 And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

  • John 7:30
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    30 Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.

  • Mark 11:32
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    32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

  • Matt 21:26
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    26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

  • John 10:39
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    39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

  • Matt 21:11
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    11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

  • John 11:57
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    57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

  • John 7:32
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    32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

  • Matt 26:55
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    55 In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

  • Luke 20:26
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    26 And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

  • Matt 26:5
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    5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

  • John 8:20
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    20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • Luke 20:40
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    40 And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

  • John 6:14-15
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    14 And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

    15 Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

  • John 7:40
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    40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

  • John 7:25
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    25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

  • Mark 14:2
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    2 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

  • Matt 22:33
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    33 And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.

  • Luke 20:6
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    6 But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

  • Luke 20:1
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    1 And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

  • Luke 7:16
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    16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

  • Matt 16:14
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    14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

  • Luke 19:48
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    48 But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

  • Matt 21:39
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    39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

  • Mark 3:21
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    21 And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

  • Luke 11:54
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    54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.

  • John 7:13
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    13 But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

  • Matt 12:16
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    16 Ordering them not to give people word of him:

  • Matt 21:15
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    15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

  • Mark 14:48
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    48 And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

  • John 11:47-48
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    47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

    48 If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

  • John 12:42
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    42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

  • Matt 22:41
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    41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

  • Luke 22:49
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    49 And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

  • Mark 6:20
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    20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

  • Acts 5:26
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    26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

  • Matt 22:15
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    15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.