TSK · Matthew 21:26

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.