Matthew 24:22

And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.

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In The King James Version

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

In Context

21For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until the present, and such as will not be.

23Then if anyone will have said to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘he is there,’ do not be willing to believe it.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:13But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring.

Zechariah 13:8And there will be in all the earth, says the Lord, two parts in it will be scattered and will pass away, and the third part will be left behind.

Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.’”

Matthew 24:31And he shall send out his Angels with a trumpet and a great voice. And they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the heights of the heavens, even to their furthest limits.

Luke 18:7So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them?

Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

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 →

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