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Matthew 28:13
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and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 13
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept--which, as we have observed, was a capital offense for soldiers on guard.
Open source ↗Tyndale Open Study Notesv. 13
28:13 stole his body: Tomb robbery was a common problem in the ancient world, so such an accusation would have been entirely believable.
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