6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the Luke 20:1; where we are told, I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple , and preaching the gospel . Note, Christ was a preacher of his own gospel. He not only purchased the salvation for us, but published it to us, which is a great confirmation of the truth of the gospel, and gives a…
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