The French Manuel Biblique 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. ”
हालाँकि पहली सदी के यहूदी यह नहीं जानते थे कि मसीहा ठीक - ठीक कब आएगा, फिर भी वे उसका इंतज़ार कर रहे थे और आस लगाए हुए थे ।