5Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.


In Context

2 and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

4 for John had been saying to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her."

5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.

6 On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much

7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Matthew 14:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.