Verse 5

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Referenced Verses

• 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 21:26 : 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
• Matt 21:32 : 32 ‹For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen› [it], ‹repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.›
• Mark 6:19-20 : 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: 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.
• Mark 11:30-32 : 30 ‹The baptism of John, was› [it] ‹from heaven, or of men? answer me.› 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
• Mark 14:1-2 : 1 ¶ After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.
• 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.
• Acts 4:21 : 21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.
• 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.