⁵ Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded ^[a]John as ^(A)a prophet.

²⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the ^[a]people; for they all regard John as ^(A)a prophet.”

⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, since they are convinced that John was a ^(A)prophet.”