Matthew 24:17
Let him which is on the house top, not come downe to fetch any thing out of his house.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.
18And he that is in the fielde, let not him returne backe to fetch his clothes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come downe from the hie place into the citie, he communed with Saul vpon the top of the house.
Proverbs 6:4Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses.
Luke 5:19And when they could not finde by what way they might bring him in, because of the preasse, they went vp on the house, and let him downe through the tyling, bed and all, in the middes before Iesus.
Luke 17:31At that day hee that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to take it out: and he that is in the fielde likewise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.
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 →