oIf JesusŐ resurrection never happened, his opponents had an excellent
opportunity to crush the resurrection story at its
beginning.
nJesusŐ burial was in the major city of Judaism.
nIts authorities were opposed to the movement from the first.
oThe early Christian leaders who claimed to have seen the resurrected Jesus
were willing to die rather then give up their
testimony, though they gained nothing in this life by
their obstinacy.