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


In Context

43 'Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

44 and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

45 And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

46 and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:46They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was 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 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.