21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, nbecause of the people, for all were praising God ofor what had happened.
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Acts 5:13
None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.
Acts 5:26
Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
Matthew 21:46
And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
Mark 11:32
But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.
Luke 20:6
But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:19
The 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
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
Acts 3:7–8
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
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