Matthew 28:11-15 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
Historical revisionism is nothing new. In fact it goes all the way back to the Garden and Satan putting doubts into Eve's mind about what God had said. Satan loves to twist the truth, and we see some of his revisionism here. The soldiers share all that had taken place. What they remembered is not detailed, but they had some clue of what had happened. The leaders gave them a substitute story to tell, and the assurance that their "little lie" would never be held against them. Lying really is harder than the truth! But lies die a hard death. The seed Satan planted in the Garden - both in Eden and the place of the tomb, has caused many to miss the truth. May we never shy away from telling what really happened on Resurrection day.
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