TSK · Matthew 21:26

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet!

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

But if we say,‘From people–’”(they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

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.

(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

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).