Mark 13:15

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

In Context

14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

16And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Luke 17:31On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:15-24

The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. 14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give… Read the whole commentary →

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