Matthew 24:22
And were not those days to shortened, no flesh would be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen, these days will be shortened.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23Then if any one say to you, Lo! here is the Christ; or there, believe him not.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:13And though there be a tenth part remaining in it, Even this shall again be destroyed; Yet as when the terebinth and the oak are cut down, Their stem remaineth alive, So shall a holy race be the stem of the nation.
Zechariah 13:8And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, That two parts therein shall be cut off and die; But the third part shall be left therein.
Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.
Matthew 24:31And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 18:7And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he be slow to punish in their behalf?
Romans 11:25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall 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 →