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Mat 24:22. Οὐκ ἄν ἐσώθη, would not be saved) They would be excluded by premature death from the salvation of the soul which is ascribed to the elect. They who have already attained salvation will utter the words which resound in Rev 7:10.-πᾶσα σάρξ, all flesh[1047]) in itself weak.-τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς, the elect) The elect, whether already converted or hereafter to become so, or as yet unborn, are mingled with the rest of mankind. Where the force of temptations exceeds the ordinary strength of the faithful, election is mentioned-see Mat 24:24; Mat 24:31, and Luk 18:7-and the faithfulness and power of God; see 1Co 10:13; 1Pe 1:5; Rev 13:8.-κολοβωθήσονται, shall be shortened) An appropriate verb, since that which is shortened loses the entireness of its parts, yet so that it may nevertheless be considered as the whole.
[1047] In E. V. the words are rendered, “no flesh should be saved.” The difference is one of idiom, not of sense. E. V. applies the negative universally to the subject; Bengel, translating the Greek words literally, applies the negative to the predicate: sc. all flesh would not be saved-i.e. all flesh would come under the category of not being saved; in other words, would perish.-(I. B.)