All that the Jewish or Roman authorities had to do to crush the growth of Christianity was to produce the body.

For this reason some Christians deliberately confronted Roman persecuting authorities with the aim of being condemned to death.

Is Jesus saying that the chief priests and perhaps the Roman authorities must be replaced?

Three of these coins survive, bearing witness to his complete independence from even nominal Roman authority.

In these cases Roman authorities specifically decided what forms of magic were acceptable and which were not.

Soon, news of a new religion that was beginning to cause trouble for the Roman authorities spread through the empire.

Roman authorities were tolerant of other religions if they didn't threaten public order or Roman control.

Then I will have demonstrated Roman authority over them.

In fact, nobody, not even the Roman authorities or Jewish leaders, ever claimed that the tomb still contained Jesus' body.

Despite the fact that the Western Roman secular authority disappeared entirely in Europe, it still left traces.