Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
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In Context
23Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;
Cross References
Isaiah 6:13And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).
Zechariah 13:8And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.
Matthew 22:14For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 18:7And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
Romans 11:25For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →