NET Bible
"They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet."
— Matthew 21:46, NET Bible
“But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. ”
“And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet. ”
“When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.”
“And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet. ”
“And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.”
“But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. ”
For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.