And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.”
And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’