Matthew 24:17
And whoever is on the roof, let him not descend to take anything from his house.
Catholic Public Domain 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 those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains.
18And whoever is in the field, let him not turn back to take his tunic.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And they descended from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul in the upper room. And he set out a bed for Saul in the upper room, and he slept.
Proverbs 6:4Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. And what you hear whispered in the ear, preach above the rooftops.
Luke 5:19And not finding a way by which they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they climbed up to the roof, and they let him down through the roof tiles with his bed, into their midst, in front of Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that hour, whoever will be on the rooftop, with his goods in the house, let him not descend to take them. And whoever will be in the field, similarly, 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 →