2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
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But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ’s friends , and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1. Here was one friend , that was so kind as to invite him to sup with him ; and he was so kin…
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