telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’
Jesus said to him in reply, “You have said so. But I tell you: From now on you will see ‘the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power’ and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven.’”
They assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy [him] and keep you out of trouble.”