Matthew 24:17
Let the man on the housetop not go down to take things from his house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
In Context
16then let those in Judea flee to the mountains.
18And let the man in the field not return back to take his clothes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And when they came down from the high place into the city, he conversed with Saul upon the housetop.
Proverbs 6:4Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
Luke 5:19And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his vessels in the house, let him not go down to take them up. And let him who is in the field likewise not return for the things behind.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →