ἀκούσας δὲ … Γαλιλαίαν : note of time. Jesus returned to Galilee on hearing that John was delivered up, i.e., in the providence of God, into the hands of his enemies. Further particulars as to this are given in chapter 14. Christ's ministry in Galilee began when the Baptist's came to an end; how long after the baptism and temptation not indicated. Weiss (Meyer) thinks that in the view of the evangelist it was immediately after, and that the reference to John's imprisonment is meant simply to explain the choice of Galilee as the sphere of labour.

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