21 For then there will be ver. 29;Dan. 12:1;[Rev. 7:14] great tribulation, Rev. 16:18such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for ver. 24, 31;Isa. 65:8,9;Luke 18:7;[ch. 22:14]the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.