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

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ζητοῦντες αὐτόν κρατῆσαι ἐφοβήθησαν τούς ὄχλους ἐπεί εἰς προφήτην αὐτόν εἶχον)

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 (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ζητοῦντες αὐτόν κρατῆσαι ἐφοβήθησαν τούς ὄχλους ἐπεί εἰς προφήτην αὐτόν εἶχον)

Matthew implies that the chief priests and Pharisees did not seize Jesus. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [they did not do so since they feared the crowds]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοὺς ὄχλους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ζητοῦντες αὐτόν κρατῆσαι ἐφοβήθησαν τούς ὄχλους ἐπεί εἰς προφήτην αὐτόν εἶχον)

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. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [what the crowd would do] or [that the crowd might riot]