But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
Parallel translations
- KJV But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
- BSB But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
- NKJV But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet.”
- NASB But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”
- NLT But if we say it was merely human, we’ll be mobbed because the people believe John was a prophet.”
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 6:20for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
- Matt 11:9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Matt 21:46When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
- Matt 14:5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- John 5:35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
- Mark 12:12They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
- Acts 5:26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
- John 10:41–42Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
- Mark 11:32If we should say, ‘From men’” — they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
- Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
- Luke 20:19The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people — for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 22:2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
- Isa 57:11“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
- John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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