Matthew 24:17
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
Berean Standard Bible
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 no one in the field return for his cloak.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Luke 5:19but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
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.
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 →