Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But when they sought to lay hands on him—which Luke (Luke 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 (Matthew 21:26). Miserable creatures! So, for this time, "they left Him and went their way" (Mark 12:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 21:46:
Matthew 21:32
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