Acts 5:26
5:26 Then the commander
of the temple guard
went with the officers
and brought the apostles
without the use of force
(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).
Matthew 21:46
21:46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds
regarded him as a prophet.
Matthew 26:5
26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
Luke 19:47-48
19:47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
19:48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
Luke 20:6
20:6 But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:19
20:19 Then
the experts in the law
and the chief priests wanted to arrest
him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But
they were afraid of the people.
Luke 22:2
22:2 The
chief priests and the experts in the law
were trying to find some way
to execute
Jesus,
for they were afraid of the people.