“When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 28 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.