Mat 14:5, 21:26, Mar 11:32, Luk 7:28 | ESV | STEP | And though he wanted to put him to death , he feared the people , because they held him to be a prophet .

Matthew 14:5

5 And though he wanted to put him to death, ^ahe feared the people, because they held him to be ^ba prophet.

26 But if we say, ‘From man,’ ^cwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was ^da prophet.”

32 But shall we say, ‘From man’?”— ^ethey were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ^fa prophet.

28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”