Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish prophet who claimed to be the Christ prophesied in the Jewish scriptures, was arrested, was judged a political criminal, and was crucified.

Three days after his death and burial, some women who went to his tomb found the body gone.

In subsequent weeks, his disciples claimed that God had raised him from the dead and that he appeared to them various times before ascending into heaven.

The witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth were either involved in the greatest conspiracy of all time or were simply eyewitnesses who were telling the truth.

The smaller the number of conspirators, the more likely the conspiracy will be a success. Lies are difficult to maintain, and the fewer the number of people who have to continue the lie, the better.

It is hard to tell a lie once; even more difficult to repeat the lie consistently over a long period of time.

The shorter the conspiracy, the better. The ideal conspiracy would involve only two conspirators and one of the conspirators would kill the other right after the crime. That is a conspiracy that would be awfully hard to break.

When all the coconspirators are connected in deep and meaningful relationships, it is much harder to convince one of them to give up the other.

When all the conspirators are family members, this task is nearly impossible. The greater the relation between all the conspirators, the greater the possibility of success.

If you know of a conspiracy, it is probably because it was not successful.