Mat 21:46, 26:5, Luk 19:47-48, 20:6, 19, 22:2, Act 5:26 | ESV | STEP | And although they were seeking to arrest him , they feared the crowds , because they held him to be a prophet .

Matthew 21:46

46 And ^aalthough they were seeking to arrest him, ^bthey feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^ca prophet.

Matthew 26:5

5 But they said, “Not during the feast, ^dlest there be an uproar among the people.”

Luke 19:47-48

47 ^eAnd he was teaching daily in the temple. ^fThe chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

Luke 20:6

6 But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ^ga prophet.”

Luke 20:19

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^hThe scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Luke 22:2

2 And the chief priests and the scribes ⁱwere seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

Acts 5:26

26 Then ^jthe captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for ^kthey were afraid of being stoned by the people.