Matthew 24:22

And unless those days should be cut short, no flesh would remain alive. But, for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commencement of the world, until now, and will not be.

23Then, if any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there; give no credence.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:14For the called are many, and the chosen are few.

Matthew 24:31And he will send his angels with a great trumpet and they will collect together his elect from the four winds, from one extremity of heaven to the other.

Luke 18:7And will not God, much more, vindicate his chosen, who call upon him by day and by night; and have patience with them?

Romans 11:25And that ye, my brethren, may not be wise in your own apprehension, I wish you to know this mystery, that blindness of heart hath in some measure befallen Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall 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 →

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