Matthew 21:46

Webster's Bible (1833)

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

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  • Matt 21:11 : 11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
  • Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
  • Luke 7:16 : 16 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
  • John 7:40-41 : 40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet." 41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
  • Acts 2:22 : 22 "Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. 9 Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' 11 This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'" 13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
  • Prov 9:7-9 : 7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. 8 Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
  • Isa 29:1 : 1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add you year to year; let the feasts come round:

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  • Luke 20:19-20
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    19The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

    20They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

  • Mark 12:12
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    12They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

  • Mark 14:46
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    46They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

  • John 7:44
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    44Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

  • Matt 21:45
    77%

    45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

  • Matt 14:5
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    5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

  • Luke 22:2
    77%

    2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

  • Mark 11:18
    77%

    18The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

  • John 7:30
    76%

    30They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • Mark 11:32
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    32If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

  • Matt 21:26
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    26But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

  • John 10:39
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    39They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

  • Matt 21:11
    73%

    11The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

  • John 11:57
    72%

    57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

  • John 7:32
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    32The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • Matt 26:55
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    55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.

  • Luke 20:26
    72%

    26They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

  • Matt 26:5
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    5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

  • John 8:20
    72%

    20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • Luke 9:45
    71%

    45But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Luke 20:40
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    40They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.

  • John 6:14-15
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    71%

    14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."

    15Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

  • John 7:40
    71%

    40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."

  • John 7:25
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    25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • Mark 14:2
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    2For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

  • Matt 22:33
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    33When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

  • Luke 20:6
    70%

    6But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

  • Luke 20:1
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    1It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, that the {TR adds "chief"}priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

  • Luke 7:16
    70%

    16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"

  • Matt 16:14
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    14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

  • Luke 19:48
    70%

    48They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

  • Matt 21:39
    70%

    39So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • Mark 3:21
    70%

    21When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

  • Luke 11:54
    69%

    54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

  • John 7:13
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    13Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

  • Matt 12:16
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    16and charged them that they should not make him known:

  • Matt 21:15
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    15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,

  • Mark 14:48
    69%

    48Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

  • John 11:47-48
    2 verses
    69%

    47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

    48If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

  • John 12:42
    69%

    42Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue,

  • Matt 22:41
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    41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

  • Luke 22:49
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    49When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"

  • Mark 6:20
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    20for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

  • Acts 5:26
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    26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

  • Matt 22:15
    68%

    15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.