With John in jail, the baton was passed, and now it’s Jesus who is announcing the onset of God’s kingdom. An important transition in the gospel story occurs when one of the most important figures is hauled off to jail. We should notice how remarkable it is that so many of the central characters in the story of the New Testament are arrested. John the Baptist, Jesus, all of the twelve disciples, Paul and his companions, John of Patmos—they all end up in jail at some point.
