(Matt. 28:11-15) Behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done. And they being assembled together with the ancients, having taken counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, saying: Say you, His disciples came by night and stole him away when we were asleep. And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.