KJV - And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

ASV - And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

BBE - And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

WEB - When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

YLT - and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

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