EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION

The Nazareth Decree
A slab of stone found in Nazareth in 1878, inscribed with a decree form Emperor Claudius (AD 41-54) that no graves should be disturbed or bodies extracted or moved. With the offender being sentenced to Capital punishment on the charge of violation of a sepulcher.
A likely explanation is that Claudius having heard of the Christian doctrine of resurrection and Jesus' empty tomb while investigation the riots of AD 49, decided not to let any such report surface again.  This would make sense in light of the Jewish argument that  the body had been stolen (Mat. 28:11-15) This is early testimony to the strong  and persistent belief that Jesus rose from the dead.  More information ​