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

23 (A)Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, believe it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and [c]shall show great signs and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:22 Those things which befell the people of the Jews, in the 34 years, when as the whole land was wasted, and at length the city of Jerusalem taken, and both it and their Temple destroyed, are mixed with those which shall come to pass before the last coming of our Lord.
  2. Matthew 24:22 The whole nation should utterly be destroyed: and this word Flesh is by a figure taken for man, as the Hebrews used to speak.
  3. Matthew 24:24 Shall openly lay forth great signs for men to behold.

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