THE STOLEN BODY THEORY If Jesus’ body was removed by human hands, they were the hands of either his disciples, his enemies, or professional grave robbers. Now if his disciples had stolen his body, which was the explanation first concocted to explain his body’s disappearance (Matt. 28:12–15), one must still face the question as to how his disciples could have gotten past the Roman guards (who, according to Matthew 27:62–66, had been posted there for the express purpose of preventing his disciples