Matthew 28:12
When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
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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,
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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.
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.’ ”
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Matthew 27:7
They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.
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.
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