The guards went to tell the chief priests what had happened. This presumably involved telling them about the angel that had appeared. True to form the chief priests ignore any possibility of the tale being true, and devise a plan to carry on with their scheme. So they bribed the soldiers to say that the body had been stolen by the disciples. Note that the priests were not above bribery, something that is contrary to the Law.
The notion that the disciples stole the body does not hold water. Why would the disciples risk their lives (and in most cases lose their lives) for this lie? Why did none of them admit to the "lie" later? Why were their lives transformed by a lie?
The soldiers would have been in big trouble, so the priests promise to square it with the Governor.
This lie was widely circulated among the Jews for some time. This further diminishes its authenticity. It means they were never able to produce a body.
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