Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
KJV
καὶ ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐπεὶ εἰς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον.
Greek NT
Et quærentes eum tenere, timuerunt turbas : quoniam sicut prophetam eum habebant.
Vulgate
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
ASV
And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held 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×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἐπεί
epei
conjunction · 26×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπεὶ εἰς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπεὶ εἰς | RP: ἐπειδὴ ὡς
- ἐπεὶ εἰς — SBLGNT
- ἐπεὶ εἰς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐπειδὴ ὡς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:21 — So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
- 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 21:11 — And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
- 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.
- Ps 21:11 — For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.