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Matthew 24:22

Protection and safety

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
KJV
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
WEB
Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
ASV
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect`s sake those days shall be shortened.
DARBY
and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
BLB
And if those days were not shortened, not any flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened.
ÅB
Og om ikke denne tiden ble forkortet, ville ingen bli frelst; men for de utvalgtes skyld skal denne tiden bli forkortet.
OTB
Og hvis ikke de dagene ble forkortet, ville ikke noe menneske bli frelst, men for de utvalgtes skyld skal de dagene bli forkortet.
B1930
Og blev ikke de dager forkortet, da blev intet kjød frelst; men for de utvalgtes skyld skal de dager bli forkortet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 13:20

    And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:10

    Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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  • Matthew 24:24

    For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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  • Matthew 24:31

    And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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  • Luke 18:7

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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  • Matthew 22:14

    For many are called, but few are chosen.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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  • Romans 9:11

    (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

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