Matthew 21:46
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- they sought
- 2 Samuel 12:7–13; Proverbs 9:7–9; Proverbs 15:12; Isaiah 29:1; John 7:7
- because
- Matthew 21:11; Luke 7:16, 39; John 7:40, 41; Acts 2:22