Verse 5

and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:9 : 9 `But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,
• Matt 21:26 : 26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'
• Matt 21:32 : 32 for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.
• Mark 6:19-20 : 19 and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, 20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.
• Mark 11:30-32 : 30 the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.' 31 And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? 32 But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;
• Mark 14:1-2 : 1 And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him; 2 and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'
• Luke 20:6 : 6 and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'
• Acts 4:21 : 21 And they having further threatened `them', let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,
• Acts 5:26 : 26 then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;