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Matthew 21:46
Matthew 21:46 is verse 46 of Matthew chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
King James Version
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
World English Bible
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
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Matthew 21:44–46 · Berean Standard Bible
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 Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
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Cross-references
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2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
2 Samuel 12:12You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Proverbs 15:12A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
Isaiah 29:1Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Matthew 21:11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Luke 7:16A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
John 7:40On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
John 7:41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.