Matthew 24:17
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
King James Version
In Context
16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return 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 →