Matthew 14:5 Cross References - EJ2000

⁵ And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude because they counted him as a prophet.

⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

²⁶ But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

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.

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him and would have killed him, but she could not; ²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and respected him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.

³⁰ The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men? Respond unto me. ³¹ Then they thought inside themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? ³² But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people, for everyone judged regarding John that he truly was a prophet.

¹ ¶ Two days after was the passover and the days of unleavened bread; and the princes of the priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, that they might kill him. ² But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

⁶ But and if we say, Of men, all the people will stone us; for they are certain that John was a prophet.

²¹ So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way how they might punish them because of the people, for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

²⁶ ¶ Then the captain with the officers went and brought them without violence, for they feared being stoned by the people.