out to the tomb. They examined it, came back and they said, something unusual happened. They could not find a fault in the guards? explanation. They somehow must have been convinced that they weren't derelict. And so they bribed the guards, it says they gave them money. Now if it had been the temple police, I do not believe the Jewish leaders would have bribed their own police. They would have threatened them with death; they would have threatened them with severe punishment if they did not spread the rumor. And they said, 'Look, take this money and spread the rumor among the people that while you were asleep?' And for them to say that, boy they had to be desperate. Nobody would believe that. They did not believe it then, they don?t believe it now. They had no other story they could tell. They said take this money, they bribed them, and said spread it abroad that while you were asleep the disciples came in and stole the body and have run around the countryside proclaiming Christ is alive. And then the Jewish leader made a phrase that I believe indicates or shows it was the Roman guard unit, not the temple police. When the Chief Priest said, 'And if it comes to the Governor?s ears' , in other words, if the Governor hears about what happens, 'we will keep you from being cut off or killed' . I cannot find anywhere historically where in any way the Roman