And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, With the elders - That is, the senators of the great Sanhedrin or Jewish council of state, elsewhere called the elders of the people; they could now meet, as the Sabbath was over.
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Matthew 28:12
12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,