<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4:12&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Now when he heard that John was imprisoned-&nbsp;</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It's as if the Lord took the end of John's public ministry as the cue to begin His (&ldquo;from that time&hellip;&rdquo;, :17). He may have worked this out from the implication of the prophecies about the Elijah prophet. Or it may be that He took John&rsquo;s imprisonment as the sign to go to Galilee. Whatever, He was acting according to information which came to Him, and structuring His ministry accordingly. We get the impression that this was done without direct commandment from the Father but at His initiative.</span></p>
<p>He withdrew into Galilee<span style="font-size: 12pt;">- The Greek definitely implies to withdraw oneself. This seems typical of the Lord during His ministry- to go public for a while and then withdraw.</span></p>