Then the priests met with the elders and made a plan. They paid the soldiers a large amount of money
But the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.
While the women went to tell Jesus’ followers, some of the soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city to tell the leading priests everything that had happened.
and said to them, “Tell the people that Jesus’ followers came during the night and stole the body while you were asleep.
Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.
They called the apostles in, beat them, and told them not to speak in the name of Jesus again. Then they let them go free.