courage to go to the tomb, tackle an armed guard and risk the death penalty by breaking the governor’s official seal on the rock, all for the purpose of taking possession of a dead body that was already in the safe keeping of a fellow Christian? If they did, why is there no record of them being charged with such serious offences? The idea that the disciples stole the body faces at least two other problems. The first is ethical. These men had been powerfully influenced by Jesus and their lives had