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'''4.''' '''Embarrassing details.''' Women's testimony was considered unreliable at the time of Jesus. The gospel accounts of Jesus's resurrection report that women were the first people to see Jesus appear from the tomb after the resurrection.<ref name="ResEvidence"/>  
 
'''4.''' '''Embarrassing details.''' Women's testimony was considered unreliable at the time of Jesus. The gospel accounts of Jesus's resurrection report that women were the first people to see Jesus appear from the tomb after the resurrection.<ref name="ResEvidence"/>  
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'''5.''' '''Enemy attestation.''' The Jews and Romans both claimed that Jesus's body was stolen as an excuse to explain away the resurrection (Despite Jesus's tomb being guarded by Roman guards. The penalty for Roman guards being negligent in their duties was death.).<ref name="ResEvidence"/>  
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'''5.''' '''Enemy attestation.''' The Jews and Romans both claimed that Jesus's body was stolen as an excuse to explain away the resurrection. This however was not a credible excuse. The Roman seal was placed over the tomb of Jesus. The seal over the tomb designated that the tomb was occupied and both the power and authority of Rome stood behind the seal. Breaking the Roman seal was punishable by death.<ref>[https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_247.cfm Don Stewart :: What Precautions Were Taken to Keep the Tomb of Jesus Secure?], BlueLetterBible.org website</ref>).<ref name="ResEvidence"/>  
    
'''6.''' '''The empty tomb.'''  The Romans, Jews, and Christians knew where Jesus was buried, but his body was never produced.<ref name="ResEvidence"/>   
 
'''6.''' '''The empty tomb.'''  The Romans, Jews, and Christians knew where Jesus was buried, but his body was never produced.<ref name="ResEvidence"/>   
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