Matthew 21:26
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
KJV
ἐὰν εἴπωμεν· ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν· διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ; ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν· ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, φοβούμεθα τὸν ὄχλον· πάντες γὰρ ὡς προφήτην ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην.
Greek NT
Si dixerimus, e cælo, dicet nobis : Quare ergo non credidistis illi ? Si autem dixerimus, ex hominibus, timemus turbam : omnes enim habebant Joannem sicut prophetam.
Vulgate
But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.
ASV
If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὡς προφήτην ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην — SBLGNT
- ὡς προφήτην ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην ὡς προφήτην — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- John 5:35 — He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
- Luke 20:6 — But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was 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.
- 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.
- Matt 11:9 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
- Matt 14:5 — And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- 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.
- Matt 21:46 — But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
- Matt 26:5 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.