³⁸ And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

²⁹ Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

⁵ And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

⁴⁶ And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.