Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
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- Matthew 21:26 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.
- Matthew 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
- 2 Chronicles 24:15–17 But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house. Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.