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While the women went to tell Jesus' followers, some of the soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city to tell the leading priests everything that had happened.
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Then the priests met with the older Jewish leaders and made a plan. They paid the soldiers a large amount of money
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and said to them, "Tell the people that Jesus' followers came during the night and stole the body while you were asleep.
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If the governor hears about this, we will satisfy him and save you from trouble."
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So the soldiers kept the money and did as they were told. And that story is still spread among the Jewish people even today.