Mark 13:15
13 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
14 So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
16 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
17 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
- KJV
- And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
- WEB
- and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
- ASV
- and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out his house:
- DARBY
- and him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter [into it] to take away anything out of his house;
- BLB
- and the one upon the housetop, let him not come down nor go in to take up anything out of his house;
- ÅB
- og den som er på taket, ikke stige ned i huset og ikke gå inn for å hente noe fra sitt hus,
- OTB
- La ingen på hustaket gå ned eller gå inn i huset for å hente noe.
- B1930
- og den som er på taket, ikke stige ned i huset og ikke gå inn for å hente noget fra sitt hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Read in contextLuke 17:31–33
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–8
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 24:16–18
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Read in contextProverbs 6:4–5
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Read in contextProverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Read in contextGenesis 19:15–17
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Read in contextJob 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
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