Matthew:28:11-15
nsb@Matthew:28:11 @ While they were going, some of the guard came into the city. They told the chief priests all the things that happened.
nsb@Matthew:28:12 @ They took counsel with the elders. Then they bribed the soldiers.
nsb@Matthew:28:13 @ The soldiers were instructed to say: »His disciples came at night and stole him while we slept.«
nsb@Matthew:28:14 @ »If the governor hears about this, we will persuade him so you may be free from worry.«
nsb@Matthew:28:15 @ So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.