[azhenfud]

The more important question: if they *weren't* making it up, why would people today insist that it would be impossible to swipe a body that was left unguarded in an easy-to-get-to tomb?

LOL! Try to get a devout Jew to do anything on the Sabbath, let alone steal a dead body.

[orionblamblam]

> Try to get a devout Jew to do anything on the Sabbath, let alone steal a dead body.

Well, they had *two* days to choose from. The guards were assigned the next day... presumably during business hours.