But if we say, 'From men'..." they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
Cross References
Mark 11:31They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
Mark 11:33So they answered, "We do not know." And Jesus replied, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."
Treasury of Scripture
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
they.
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.
Mark 12:12
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
for.
Matthew 3:5,6
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, …
Matthew 21:31,32
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you…
Luke 7:26-29
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet…
