Matthew 24:17
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
World English Bible Classic
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.
18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
Proverbs 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Luke 5:19Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise 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 →