accompanying signs of healing, vivification, and exorcism (Mt. 10:7–8).51 The presence of the kingdom is thus connected with tangible events indicative of the overturn of the present world order. It is unwarranted, therefore, to see in the kingdom a mere inward quality. The saying about the kingdom being “among you” (Lk. 17:20–21) must also be understood in this light.52 As Jesus here addresses his opponents, he must be referring to an objective reality that he brought in his own person. An already