In 2006, author Michael Baigent released a book entitled The Jesus Papers
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. The subtitle of the book is Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History. The supposed cover-up exposed by The Jesus Papers is that Jesus survived the crucifixion and was alive as late as AD 45. The Jesus Papers themselves are documents that 'prove' the conspiracy theory, including documents supposedly written by Jesus Himself.The gist of the book is that Jesus and Pontius Pilate made a secret agreement that Jesus would not be killed, but rather would be crucified and then rescued. Pilate did not want to crucify Jesus—likely the only concept in which The Jesus Papers
There are many, many problems with this conspiracy theory. (1) It is highly unlikely that anyone could survive crucifixion. While the historian Josephus records a friend of his surviving crucifixion, the odds would be astoundingly low. (2) Each of the four biblical gospels specifically records Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection three days later. Jesus 'gave up His spirit' (John 19:30; Luke 23:46). (3) If Jesus had survived the crucifixion, the disciples would have clearly seen that Jesus had not been resurrected. The wounds of crucifixion would have rendered Jesus crippled for months. Why would the disciples all be willing to die horrendous deaths for a belief in Jesus' resurrection, which they all knew to be a lie? (4) Why would Pontius Pilate, a brutal Roman governor, be willing to negotiate a deal with a 'trouble-maker' from Galilee? Pilate ordered the torture and crucifixion of hundreds of people. He would have had no good reason to spare Jesus' life.
Like most conspiracy theories,