None of the rest dared to join them, but the people praised them highly.

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' we're afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought John was a prophet."

"Not during the festival," they said, "so there won't be rioting among the people."

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.