Matthew 24:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ: διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.

Transliteration

And if not ekolobōthēsan the hēmerai those, not would esōthē all sarx: but for the eklektous kolobōthēsontai the hēmerai those.

Grammar Details

• *ekolobōthēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - were shortened/cut short
• *hēmerai*: nominative feminine plural - days
• *esōthē*: aorist passive, 3rd person singular - would be saved
• *sarx*: nominative feminine singular - flesh
• *eklektous*: accusative masculine plural - elect/chosen ones
• *kolobōthēsontai*: future passive, 3rd person plural - will be shortened

Word Meanings

• *ekolobōthēsan*: were shortened/cut short/curtailed
• *hēmerai*: days/times
• *esōthē*: would be saved/preserved/rescued
• *sarx*: flesh/human beings/human nature
• *eklektous*: elect/chosen ones/selected ones
• *kolobōthēsontai*: will be shortened/cut short/curtailed

Referenced Verses

• Mark 13:20 : 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.
• Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
• Matt 24:24 : 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.
• Matt 24:31 : 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.
• Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
• Zech 13:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
• Zech 14:2 : 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.
• Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Rom 9:11 : 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;)
• Rom 11:25-31 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 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.