In commenting on this verse, Matthew Henry wrote: “We are here told... how the people took occasion, from the ministry and baptism of John, to think of the Messiah, and to think of him as at the door.... Daniel’s seventy weeks were now expiring. ”
Seda salmi kommenteerides kirjutas Matthew Henry: ” Siin öeldakse meile,.. et Johannese teenistus ja ristimine viisid inimeste mõtted Messia peale ja selle peale, et ta on juba ukse ees [— — —] Taanieli seitsekümmend aastanädalat olid lõppemas. ”