Translations
Though Herod wanted to have him killed, he feared the crowd, for they regarded John as a prophet.
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him to be a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

