إِنْجِيلُ مَتَّى 14:5

وَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ خَافَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِثْلَ نَبِيٍّ.

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