Matthew 24:17
The one upon the roof, let him not come down to carry away the things from his bais (house).
Orthodox Jewish 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
16— Then the ones in Yehudah, let them flee to the mountains.
18And the one in the field, let him not turn back to get his kaftan.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come down from the bamah (high place) into the town, Shmuel communed with Sha'ul upon the gag (rooftop).
Proverbs 6:4Give not sheynah to thine eyes, 1 nor slumber to thine eyelids. 1
Matthew 10:27What I say to you in the choshech (darkness), you declare in the ohr (light); and what you hear whispered into your ears, shout, preach, from the rooftops.
Luke 5:19And not having found by what way they might carry him, because of the multitude, and having gone up onto the roof, they let the man down with the mat through the tiles so that he was right in the center in front of Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
Luke 17:31On that yom let not anyone on the housetop come back down inside for any of his property in the bais, and the one in a sadeh (field) likewise let him not turn back for things 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 →