Matthew 24:17
15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
18 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
19 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 come down to retrieve anything from his house.
- KJV
- Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- WEB
- Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
- ASV
- let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:
- DARBY
- let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;
- BLB
- the one on the housetop, let him not come down to take away the [things] out of his house;
- ÅB
- og den som er på taket må ikke gå ned for å hente noe fra huset sitt,
- OTB
- Den som er på taket, skal ikke gå ned for å hente noe fra huset.
- B1930
- og den som er på taket, ikke stige ned for å hente noget fra sitt hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 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 contextMark 13:15–16
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Read in contextMatthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Read in contextActs 10:9
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Read in contextLuke 12:3
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
Read in contextMatthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Read in context1 Samuel 9:25
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
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