Matthew 21:26 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁶But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Topics

Opinion, Public

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-27)

Our Lord Jesus (like St. Paul after him) preached his gospel with much contention; his first appearance was in a dispute with the doctors in the temple, when he was twelve years old; and here, just before he died, we have him engaged in controversy. In this sense, he was like Jeremiah, a man of contention; not striving, but striven with. The great contenders with him, were, the chief priests and t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 26)

26. But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people--rather, “the multitude.” In Luke (Lu 20:6) it is, “all the people will stone us”--“stone us to death.” for all hold John as a prophet--Crooked, cringing hypocrites! No wonder Jesus gave you no answer.