Matthew 4:12-16

KJV
[12] Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

Here's an interesting transition that I hadn't realized before. Josh left the desert because he heard that John was cast into prison? Why did that make him leave the desert?

1. Was he planning a jailbreak?
2. Was he rushing in to steal John's market share?
3. Was it like the Highlander? There Can Be Only One.
4. Or was it some prophesy?

The following lines do speak of prophecy:

[13] And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
[14] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
[15] The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
[16] The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.


Is John's imprisonment the darkness? Or was this just a bad neighborhood?

I don't think it's really meant this way, but I hate the way they make it sound like Josh did things just to fulfill a prophecy. It's like giving in to peer pressure.