character into a story: Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ τῆς Γαλιλαίας. John the Baptist had been introduced with the simple ἐγένετο, but Jesus’active involvement has a more solemn biblical introduction: Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις. The formula “in those days” also highlights the eschatological nature of Jesus’ “coming” (see Jer 31:33; Joel 3:1; Zech 8:23).41 The significant claims made for Jesus earlier in the prologue are coming