[andyfox]

Isn't it possible that they just believed they were telling the truth? Jesus wasn't where he was supposed to be, he was resurrected. Salt pillars were found in the area where Lot and his wife were exiting the scene, she was turned into a pillar.

Also, if the writers of the Bible were interested in presenting their religious point of view, they could very well have reported accurately about every-day events that were not particularly important to their religious proselytization, and miraculized a few things. The truth is that Jesus as not in the tomb; that he was resurrected is at question.

"Nothing stated in the Bible as fact has ever been shown to be false."

On the seventh day He rested?