They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
OJBAnd seeking to arrest him, they were afraid of the multitudes, vi-bahlt (since) the multitudes considered him a Navi.
TCENTAlthough they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
T4TThey wanted to seize him, but they did not do so because they were afraid of what the crowds would do if they did that, because the crowds considered that Jesus was a prophet.