Fake News?

Fake news is nothing new.

Jesus met Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and said, "Greetings!" And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, "You must say, `His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' If this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Jews to this day. - Matthew 28:9-15

Even in death, Jesus chooses to get away from those who would hunt him down.

I wonder what they thought happened to the body.  Obviously, the guards told the chief priests a different story than the one they wanted everyone to hear.

The chief priests were desperate.  They couldn't have the crowd believe that Jesus had risen from the dead and was still among them.  What good could come of that?

So, did they believe the story the guards told, of did they just want to keep them from spreading what they might have seen as fake news?

When we convince ourselves that something is true, it doesn't matter what people tell us.  We dismiss what we won't accept.

As it says here, the story the guards told is still told to this day.

Fake news lives.

More to come...