Yeshua says the same thing in Mark 9:1, and Luke 9:27. This is one of the reasons that the early saints thought that Yeshua would come back within fifty years or so. The Temple was still standing, the “son of perdition” was expected to enter and make his move, and a few people then living were expected to still be alive when “the end” came.
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Here, as in also the gospel of John 1:12, Romans 8:12 & 19, Galatians 4:6, and Philippians 2:15, the writer is speaking of those that have obtained salvation, and are now numbered with the saints. That type of sonship is not what this article is about. We are giving our analysis of the following: