If this matter is heard before the governor, we will persuade him and keep you free from concern.”
They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were sleeping.’
When Herod searched for him but did not find him, he questioned the guards and ordered them to be led away and executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.