OET interlinear MAT 21:46

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι, ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐπεὶ εἰς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον

and seeking him /to/_apprehend ˱they˲_/were/_afraid the crowds because for /a/_prophet him ˱they˲_/were/_having

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the last clause gives the reason for the result that the second clause describes. Alternate translation: “Now the crowds regarded him as a prophet, so they, seeking to arrest him, were afraid of those crowds”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους

˱they˲_/were/_afraid the crowds

Here Matthew implies that the chief priests and Pharisees did not seize Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they did not do so since they feared the crowds”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς ὄχλους

the crowds

Here Matthew implies that the chief priests and the Pharisees feared what the crowds would do if they seized Jesus. They might have rioted or attacked them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “what the crowd would do” or “that the crowd might riot”