From the 3rd century onwards, the first narrative scenes from the Life of Christ to be clearly seen are the Baptism of Christ, painted in a catacomb in about 200,[13] and the miracle of the Raising of Lazarus,[14] both of which can be clearly identified by the inclusion of the dove of the Holy Spirit in Baptisms, and the vertical, shroud-wrapped body of Lazarus. Other scenes remain ambiguous - an agape feast may be intended as a Last Supper, but before the development of a recognised physical appearance for Christ, and attributes such as the halo, it is impossible to tell, as tituli or captions are rarely used.
Kwa ujumla zinathibitisha ya kwamba Yesu alikuwepo, alikuwa na wafuasi huko Roma na ya kwamba awali Waroma hawakuelewa tofauti kati ya wafuasi wake na Wayahudi. Muhimu ni hasa: 1. Mtaalamu Myahudi Flavius Josephus aliandika mnamo 90 B.K. kitabu cha „Antiquitates Judaicae“ (Habari za historia ya Kiyahudi) akitaja kifo cha „Yakobo ndugu wa Yesu“ (sura ya 20, 200).