Catholic Public Domain Version
"And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet. "
— Matthew 14:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.”
“And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him 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 when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.”
And he said to his servants: “This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why miracles are at work in him.”
For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother.
For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
Then, on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in their midst, and it pleased Herod.
And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.
But, having been advised by her mother, she said, “Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”