[Quix]

BTW, What does the original Hebrew root word(s) mean in the Scriptural phrase . . .

[finally remembering]

'except the days be shortened.'

Is the text most likely talking about less days of the potentially larger number

or

each day shorter in terms of daylight or some such?

[Buggman]

We don't have the Hebrew, but the Greek literally means "to be amputated."

I'll post my chapter on the Olivet Discourse sometime soon so you can get my take on that particular passage. Not on Shabbat, though. :-)