Matthew 21:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν Δὲ εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων· φοβούμεθα τὸν ὄχλον· πάντες γὰρ ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην ὡς προφήτην.

Transliteration

If De we eipōmen, from anthrōpōn; we phoboumentha the ochlon; pantes gar echousin the Iōannēn as prophētēn.

Grammar Details

*De*: postpositive particle - but/and
*eipōmen*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we may say
*anthrōpōn*: genitive masculine plural - men/people
*phoboumentha*: present middle/passive indicative, 1st person plural - we fear
*ochlon*: accusative masculine singular - crowd
*pantes*: nominative masculine plural - all
*gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
*echousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they have/regard
*Iōannēn*: accusative masculine singular - John
*prophētēn*: accusative masculine singular - prophet

Word Meanings

*eipōmen*: say/tell/speak
*anthrōpōn*: men/people/mankind
*phoboumentha*: fear/are afraid of/dread
*ochlon*: crowd/multitude/mob
*echousin*: have/hold/regard
*prophētēn*: prophet/seer

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
John 5:35 : 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Matt 11:9 : 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matt 14:5 : 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matt 21:46 : 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
John 9:22 : 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 10:41-42 : 41 And many resorted unto him, and said , John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there.
Acts 5:26 : 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Mark 11:32 : 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Mark 12:12 : 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Luke 20:6 : 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
Luke 20:19 : 19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 22:2 : 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

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