And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.