Matthew 24:22 Meaning

Sign 7. The extremity of trouble should be such that if God should not shorten the tribulation of those days and restrain the fury of the Romans against the rebellious Jews, the elect seed of that nation should be rooted out, so that no memory of a Jew might remain thereafter: but because God was to reserve an elect seed after the rejection of the multitude, therefore the Lord should shorten the days of wrath against the Jewish nation (v 22).

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)

Matthew 24:22 Meaning – No Flesh Would Have Been Saved

In Jerusalem. For the horror of this dreadful event see Josephus, War.

Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew  in The Bible for Home & School  (1911)

Matthew 24:22 Meaning – For The Sake of the Elect Those Days Will Be Cut Short

In most confused and calamitous times the Lord has a care of his own elect and remembers mercy toward them in the midst of wrath; for the elect’s cause, says he, these days shall be shortened.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)