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.'

²⁶ and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

⁹ `But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

²⁶ then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

⁴¹ and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

²⁶ `But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

²⁷ this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

²⁸ for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

⁷⁶ And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

¹² And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

⁵ and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

⁴⁶ and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

⁵ and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.