"Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch." Matthew 27:62-66

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The Jews  desperation is seen in the fact they even desecrated the Sabbath Day, the day following the preparation day (see Luke 23:54-56) to do business with the Romans (Pilate). The Jews themselves made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch to ensure Jesus' disciples did not steal his body. 

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Note how Luke 23:50-56, 24:1-10 describe the events following the crucifixion:

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"And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words, And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles."

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• ​Jesus dies on the cross

• Joseph of Arimathaea goes to Pilate and begs for the body of Jesus

• Permission is granted and Joseph takes down Jesus' body off the cross

• Jesus' body is wrapped in linen and laid in a tomb where no man had laid

• This all happened on the PREPARATION DAY and the SABBATH drew on.

• The women beheld the tomb (sepulchre) and observed how his body was laid in it. 

• The women went home and prepared spices & ointments on the Preparation day.

• The women rested on the 7th day Sabbath according to the commandment.

• The women and others returned to the tomb on the first day of the week with the spices.

• The women and others found the stone rolled away from the tomb's opening.

• They went into the tomb and saw it was empty and are told by two men, He..... is risen.