46They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.


In Context

43 "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.

46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

Matthew 21:46 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:46And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:46And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:46And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:46And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:46When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:46and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.