Matthew 28:11-15 - The Guards Report The Body Stolen
11 Now while these women were on their way, some of the guards entered the city and began telling the leading priests everything that had happened. 12 And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers, 13 saying, "We want you to say, 'Jesus' disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.' 14 And if the governor hears about this [plot], we will persuade him [i.e., not to punish you for negligence], so you will not have to worry about that." 15 So, they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story [i.e., that Jesus' body had been stolen by His disciples] was told widely among the Jews, and continues to be told to this day.