Matthew Chapter 21 verse 46 Holy Bible
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
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And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
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And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
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and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 46. - They feared the multitude. They did not dare to lay violent hands on Jesus in the presence of the excited crowd, which would have withstood any such attack at this moment. A Prophet (see ver. 11). If they did not recognize him as Messiah, they regarded him as one inspired by God, and having a Divine mission. This accounts for the joyful acquiescence of the Pharisaical party in the offer of Judas, when he proposed to betray his Master in the absence of the multitude
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46) When they sought to lay hands.--We must remember that they had once before made a like attempt, and had been baffled (John 7:44-46). Now circumstances were even more against them. The Prophet was surrounded by His own disciples, and by an admiring crowd. Open violence they did not dare to venture on, and they had to fall back upon the more crooked paths of stratagem and treachery.