Matthew 21:46 · Webster's Bible
Matthew 21:46 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 21:46 in Other Translations
| KJV | But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. |
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| WEB | When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet. |
| ASV | And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet. |
| YLT | and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet. |
| WBT | But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. |
| DBY | And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet. |
Commentary on Matthew 21:46
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on him--which Luke (Luk 20:19) says they did "the same hour," hardly able to restrain their rage.
they feared the multitude--rather, "the multitudes."
because they took him for a prophet--just as they feared to say John's baptism was of men, because the masses took him for a prophet (Mat 21:26). Miserable creatures! So, for this time, "they left Him and went their way" (Mar 12:12).
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Questions about Matthew 21:46
What does Matthew 21:46 say?
Matthew 21:46 in the Webster's Bible reads: “But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 21, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 21:46 found in the Bible?
Matthew 21:46 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 21, verse 46, in the New Testament.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him,.... Not that they attempted by any outward action to apprehend him, and carry him off, or by any immediate act of violence to take away his life; but they secretly wished, and earnestly desired to do it: they were so irritated and provoked, that they could scarcely keep their hands off of him, and could have been glad of an opportunity of satiating their revenge upon him: and whereby they would but have fulfilled what he in this parable had prophetically said of them: and yet so hardened were they, though they understood his meaning, they were not deterred thereby, but on another account:
they feared the multitude; which were now about Christ, lest there should be a tumult, and they should take the part of Christ against them, to which they seemed inclined; when their lives, had they attempted anything of this nature, would have been in a great deal of danger:
because they took him for a prophet; by the doctrines which he taught, by the boldness and freedom of speech he used, and by the miracles he wrought: wherefore, though they might not all of them believe that he was the Messiah, or that prophet Moses spoke of; yet, since it was exceeding manifest, that he was a teacher sent of God, and endowed with very wonderful gifts; and from whom many of them had received singular benefits, if not for their souls, yet for their bodies; being healed by him of their lameness, or blindness, or other diseases; therefore would not suffer him to be abused, and ill treated by them: so that, as Mark says, "they left him, and went their way"; to consult together what was proper to be done, and wait for a better opportunity to seize him.
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