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And [while]a they were going, behold, some of the guard of soldiers went into the city [and]b reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
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And [after they]c had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,
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telling [them],d "Say 'His disciples came during the night [and]e stole him [while]f we were sleeping.'
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And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}."g15
So they took the money [and]h did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software. (Lexham English Bible)
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