Matthew 14:5 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 14:5

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

KJV

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ASV

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

WEB

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

YLT

and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

DBT

And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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17 verses on the floor

Luke 1:76
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Matthew 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Matthew 21:32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

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Note, The way of sin, especially the sin of persecution, is down-hill; and when once a respect to Christ's ministers is cast off and broken through in one instance, that is at length done, which the man would sooner have thought himself a dog than to have been guilty of, 2 Kings viii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He would have put him to death - ln his fit of passion; but he was then restrained by fear of the multitude; and afterward by the reverence he bore him.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 14:5MAT 11:9 LUK 1:76
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 14:5MAT 21:26 MAT 11:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 14:5MAT 21:26 MAT 21:46
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 14:5MAT 21:32 LUK 7:37-50
MAT 14:5ACT 5:26 ACT 5:13
MAT 14:5MAT 21:32 LUK 7:29-30
MAT 14:5MAT 21:26 MRK 6:20
MAT 14:5LUK 20:6 MAT 21:26

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