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Matthew 21:26
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Matthew 21:26
26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
26But if we shall say, Of men, we feare the people, *for all hold Iohn as a Prophet.
- Chap. 14.5.
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Matthew 21:26
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
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Especially, an inspired teacher; He that prophesies.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study20For 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.
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Open the full verse study35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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Open the full verse study9But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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Open the full verse study5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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Open the full verse study46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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Open the full verse study26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
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Open the full verse study11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
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Open the full verse study41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42And many believed on him there.
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Open the full verse study22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
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Open the full verse study19¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
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Open the full verse study6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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Open the full verse study2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
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Open the full verse study32But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
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Open the full verse study12And 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.
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