Matthew 28:11
Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
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Matthew 28:11
Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
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Matthew 28:12
When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
Matthew 28:13
saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
Matthew 28:14
If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.”
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 today.
Luke 16:31
“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”
Acts 12:19
When Herod had sought for him and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
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Matthew 27:62
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Matthew 27:63
saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
Matthew 27:64
Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
Matthew 27:65
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
Matthew 27:66
So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
Matthew 28:4
For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
John 19:17
He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
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Matthew 28:8
They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
Matthew 28:9
As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
John 20:19
When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
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