But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Ver. 46. But when they sought to lay hands on him] And so showed themselves to be the same our Saviour spake of, Matthew 21:39; Matthew 21:42. As the pope and his emissaries do well approve themselves to be that false prophet, and his locusts, set forth in the Revelation. Their daily practice is a dear commentary upon that obscure prophecy, which the ancient Fathers, that lived not to see it fulfilled, could not tell what to say to. Future things are best understood by their events.