If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
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If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
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but if we shall saye of me: then feare we the people. For all men counted Iohn that he was a verie Prophete.
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But if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he was a Prophet in deede.
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Passages linked to Mark 11:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 14:5 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- Matthew 21:46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
- Mark 12:12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
- Matthew 3:5-6 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
- Matthew 11:9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Matthew 21:31-32 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
- Mark 6:20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
- Luke 7:26-29 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ “For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.” When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
- Luke 20:6-8 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” They answered that they didn’t know where it was from. Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
- Luke 20:19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 22:2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
- John 10:41 Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
- Acts 5:26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain A reward of an evil conscience to be afraid…
A reward of an evil conscience to be afraid of those, of whom they should and might have been feared.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they…
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Ver. 32. {See Trapp on "Mat 21:26"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they answered and said unto Jesus,.... Being reduced…
And they answered and said unto Jesus,.... Being reduced by this dilemma to the greatest streight and difficulty;
we cannot tell: they could, if they would, but they did not care to tell; they knew if they did, they should expose themselves one way or other:
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and Jesus answering, saith unto them, neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things; See Gill on Mat 21:27.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. They feared the people] Or rather, We…
Verse 32. They feared the people] Or rather, We fear, c. Instead of εφοβουντο, they feared the Codex Bezae, seven others, later Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, and all the Itala, read φοβουμεν, or φοβουμεθα. The common reading appearing to me quite improper.
WE fear the people. εαν, if, before ειπωμεν, we shall say, is omitted by ABCEFGHLS, and more than fifty others. Bengel leaves it out of the text, and puts a note of interrogation after εξ ανθρωπων; and then the whole passage reads thus: But shall we say, Of men? They feared the people, c. This change renders the adoption of φοβουμεν, we fear, unnecessary. Several critics prefer this mode of distinguishing the text. However the critics may be puzzled with the text, the scribes, chief priests, and elders were worse puzzled with our Lord's question. They must convict themselves or tell a most palpable falsehood. - They told the lie, and so escaped for the present.
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1. ENVY, malice, and double dealing have always a difficult part to act, and are ultimately confounded by their own projects and ruined by their own operations. On the other hand, simplicity and sincerity are not obliged to use a mask, but always walk in a plain way.
2. The case of the barren fig-tree which our Lord cursed has been pitifully misunderstood and misapplied. The whole account of this transaction, as stated above, I believe to be correct it is so much in our Lord's usual manner that the propriety of it will scarcely be doubted. He was ever acting the part of the philosopher, moralist, and divine, as well as that of the Saviour of sinners. In his hand, every providential occurrence and every object of nature, became a means of instruction: the stones of the desert, the lilies of the field, the fowls of heaven, the beasts of the forest, fruitful and unfruitful trees, with every ordinary occurrence, were so many grand texts, from which he preached the most illuminating and impressive sermons, for the instruction and salvation of his audience. This wisdom and condescension cannot be sufficiently admired. But shall the example of the fruitless fig tree be lost on us as well as on the Jews? God forbid! Let us therefore take heed, lest having been so long unfruitful, God should say, Let no fruit appear on thee hereafter for ever! and in consequence of this, we wither and die away! See Clarke on Mr 11:27.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. if we shall say, Of men] Observe the…
32. if we shall say, Of men] Observe the impressive abruptness here, which is more significant than the full expression of St Matthew (Mat_21:26) and St Luke (Luk_20:6). They dared not face the alternative, and were driven to a feeble evasion.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) That he was a prophet indeed.—The intensifying adverb…
(32) That he was a prophet indeed.—The intensifying adverb is one of St. Mark’s graphic touches of emphasis.
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