Mark 13:15

and a person on the house-top must not go down, or go in to get anything out of their house:

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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

14“As soon, however, as you see ‘the Foul Desecration’ standing where it ought not” (the reader must consider what this means) “then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;

16nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get their cloak.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:22Make haste, escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the village was called Zoar.

Luke 17:31On that day, if a person is on their house-top and their goods in the house, they must not go down to get them; nor again must one who is on the farm turn back.

Acts 27:38After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

Hebrews 11:7It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows on 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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