Francis Patrick Kenrick

The sufferings of the Jews during the siege of Jerusalem and on the taking of the city, are described by Josephus the Jew in a manner to show that this prophecy was fulfilled. Jos. B. v. 10. 5. No man, none of the Jewish people, would have survived, unless God had decreed that a remnant should escape. " They were spared on ac- count of the Christians, His elect." St. Chrysostom. The wicked are sometimes spared on account of a small number of good men.