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


In Context

2 and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

3 For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

4 for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

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

6 But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

7 whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him 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 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.