What Does Mark 13:20 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

if, whether, that, etc

(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether

“that the Lord”

supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)

“had shortened”

to dock, i.e., (figuratively) abridge

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the days”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of

“no”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“should be”

whatsoever

“saved”

to save, i.e., deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)

all, any, every, the whole

“flesh”

flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e., (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“for”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the elect's sake”

select; by implication, favorite

“whom”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“he hath chosen”

to select

“had shortened”

to dock, i.e., (figuratively) abridge

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the days”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of