Matthew 24:17
let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:
Revised Version 1895
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 that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
18and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
Luke 5:19And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field 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 →