Matthew 21:46 KJV
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 21:46, King James Version
In context
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.