Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
KJV
καὶ θέλων αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἐφοβήθη τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ὡς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον.
Greek NT
Et volens illum occidere, timuit populum : quia sicut prophetam eum habebant.
Vulgate
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
ASV
And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 26:21 — And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
- 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 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 11:32 — But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
- Matt 11:9 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
- Matt 11:9 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
- Matt 21:26 — But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
- Matt 21:26 — But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
- Matt 26:5 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.