TSK · Mark 11:32

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

But if we say,‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).