Mark 13:20-20 And if the Lord had not kept those days as short as they were, no one would have been saved i.e., from the devastating destruction. But for the sake of the elect i.e., God’s people, whom He chose, He kept those days short.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And if the Lord had not kept those days as short as they were, no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God’s people], whom He chose, He kept those days short.