Matthew 24:17
Anyone on the housetop should not go down to take things out of his house,
Family 35 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
16“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
18and anyone in the field should not go back to get his cloak.
Cross References
Matthew 10:27“What I tell you in the dark, say in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Luke 5:19When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus.
Luke 17:31“In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to get them; and likewise he who 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 →