Matthew 24:17
Anyone who is on the housetop must not go down and fetch what's in the house.
Free Bible 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 the people living in Judea should run away to the mountains.
18Anyone who is out in the fields must not go back to get a coat.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25Once they had returned from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
Proverbs 6:4Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you here in the dark, declare when it's light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.
Luke 5:19But they couldn't find any way through the crowd, so they went up on the roof and made a hole in the roof tiles. Then they lowered the man down on the mat, right into the crowd in front of Jesus.
Luke 17:31If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.
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 →