Mark 11:32
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
KJV
ἀλλὰ εἴπωμεν· ἐξ ἀνθρώπων; ἐφοβοῦντο τὸν λαόν· ἅπαντες γὰρ εἶχον τὸν Ἰωάννην ὄντως ὅτι προφήτης ἦν.
Greek NT
Si dixerimus : Ex hominibus, timemus populum : omnes enim habebant Joannem quia vere propheta esset.
Vulgate
But should we say, From men—they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet.
ASV
If we say, From men, we fear the people. For all men counted John that he was a prophet indeed.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄντως
ontos
adverb · 10×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ὄχλον | WH/NIV: ὄχλον | Treg/RP: λαόν
- ὄχλον — SBLGNT
- ὄχλον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαόν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὄντως ὅτι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὄντως ὅτι | RP: ὅτι ὄντως
- ὄντως ὅτι — SBLGNT
- ὄντως ὅτι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὅτι ὄντως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- Mark 14:2 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
- Matt 14:5 — And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- Matt 21:46 — But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.