But if we say, from man, we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet. The crowd's identification of John as a prophet is the political obstacle to the from man answer. The fear of the crowd that prevents honest answering is the same political calculation that prevented Herod from executing John directly (Matthew 14:5). Political power defers to popular opinion rather than seeking truth.

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