telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”