1
After Shabbat, guards and witnesses report that extraordinary events occurred at the tomb and that Yahushua is no longer there.
2
The leaders question the guards and attempt to control the report. Money and pressure are used to shape what the soldiers will say publicly.
3
Some among the council become more afraid because the disappearance of the body now joins the earlier signs and testimonies.
4
The narrative turns from the execution itself to competing attempts to explain the empty tomb and the reports of resurrection.