1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Matthew 24:22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.

No flesh: a Hebraism for no person; denoting that no one would have escaped death, had the war continued. (Witham) --- All the Jews would have been destroyed by the Romans, or all the Christians by Antichrist. (Maldonatus) --- From this place, Jesus Christ foretells the coming of Antichrist, and forewarns Christians of latter ages, to guard all they can against seduction.