The French Manuel Biblique, by Vigouroux, Bacuez, and Brassac states: “People knew that the seventy weeks of years fixed by Daniel were drawing to a close; nobody was surprised to hear John the Baptist announce that the kingdom of God had drawn near. ”
यहूदी विद्वान अब्बा हिलेल सिल्वर ने लिखा कि उस समय की “तिथियों ” के मुताबिक,“ मसीहा की अपेक्षा पहली सदी के सा. यु. २५ से सा.