John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Saying, say ye his disciples came by night,.... They charged them to tell every one that should ask them about this affair; and even publish it every where, that the disciples of Christ came in the dead of the night, and stole him away while we slept: which was a very unlikely thing, and a foolish scheme this, for such a body of men to form.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept--which, as we have observed, was a capital offense for soldiers on guard.