32But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
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And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-33)We have here Christ examined by the great Sanhedrim concerning his authority; for they claimed a power to call prophets to an account concerning their mission. They came to him when he was walking in the temple , not for his diversion, but teaching the people, first one company and then another. The Peripatetic philosophers were so called from the custom they had of walking when they taught. The c…
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