“And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.”
Matthew 28:14 (KJV)
Context Reading
12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. 16¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.