Emperor Tiberius sends Roman investigator Taurus (David Carradine) to the Holy Land to find the missing body of a rebel crucified three years earlier, Jesus of Nazareth. Rumor has it that Jesus has risen from the dead. The arrival of the Imperial Inquisitor alerts the local authorities and especially the Roman governor; Pontius Pilate. His wife Claudia is also plagued by a deep sense of malaise, and Taurus realizes that she is plagued by memories of the Nazirite. For a sober Roman Like Taurus it is clear; Jesus is an impostor who must be exposed, but his investigation produces the same answer time and again: The body has not been found. What is the truth about this disappearance?
