Matthew 24:17
And let not him who is on the roof descend to take what his house;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 Jehud escape to the mountain.
18nor he who is in the field turn back to take his vestment.
Cross References
Matthew 10:27Whatsoever I say to you in darkness, declare you in the light; and whatsoever you have heard in your ears, proclaim upon the roofs.
Luke 5:19And when they found not how to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they ascended to the house-top, and sent him with his couch from the roof into the midst before Jeshu.
Luke 17:31In that day, he who is on the roof and his garments in the house, let him not go down and take them. And he who is in the field, let him not turn his 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 →