Matthew 24:22

Matthew 24:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.

Context of Matthew 24:22

20Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:22 word by word

καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• exceptεἰei · ifG1487
• exceptμήmē · notG3361
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• daysὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• should be shortenedκολοβόωkoloboō · to shortenG2856
• there shouldσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• noοὐou · noG3756
• noἄνan · ifG302
• fleshπᾶςpas · allG3956
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• butδέde · thenG1161
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the elect’sἐκλεκτόςeklektos · selectG1588

Cross-references for Matthew 24:22

• Mark 13:20“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.
• Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”
• Isaiah 65:8This is what the Lord says: “As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.
• Zechariah 13:8In the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.
• Romans 9:11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
• Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
• 2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Except those days should be shortened - Josephus computes the number of those who perished in the siege at eleven hundred thousand, besides those who were slain in other places, War, b. vi. c. 9; and if the Romans had gone on destroying in this manner, the whole nation of the Jews would, in a short time, have been entirely extirpated; but, for the sake of the elect, the Jews, that they might not be utterly destroyed, and for the Christians particularly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Except those days should be shortened - If the calamities of the siege should be lengthened out. If famine and war should be suffered to rage. No flesh be saved - None of the nation would be preserved alive. All the inhabitants of Judea would perish. The war, famine, and pestilence would entirely destroy them. But for the elect‘s sake - The “elect” here doubtless means “Christians.” See 1 Peter 1:2; Romans 1:7; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:4. The word…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22God's chosen people persevere (Matthew 24:13) and remain faithful (24:37–25:46; see Isaiah 65:8–9; Romans 11:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 24:22

• Faith
• Intercession
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Predestination
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Deceive
• Desolation
• Elect
• Flight
• Goodman
• Learn
• Lo
• Matthew, Gospel according to
• Olves, Mount of
• Perseverance of the saints

Commentaries on Matthew 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings