Matthew 24:17
let not him that is on the house-top come down to take his goods out of his house;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
18and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his clothing.
Cross References
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light: and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops.
Luke 5:19And finding no way by which they could bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up on the top of the house, and, through the tiling, let him down, with his bed, into the midst before Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that day, let not him that is on the house-top, and whose goods are in the house, come down to take them away. Likewise, he that is in the field, let him not turn back.
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 →