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

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.

³⁵ he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

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.

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;'

⁴² and many did believe in him there.

²² These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

² and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

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.'

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;

³² But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

¹¹ And of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid `it' to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not?