"And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet."
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For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.