and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
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and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
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And let him that is on the housse toppe not descende doune into the housse nether entre therin to fetche eny thinge oute of his housse.
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And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.
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Passages linked to Mark 13:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 17:31-33 In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Philippians 3:7-8 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Genesis 19:15-17 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.” But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city. It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”
- Genesis 19:22 Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:26 But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Job 2:4 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
- Proverbs 6:4-5 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- Matthew 24:16-18 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
- Acts 27:18-19 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard. On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
- Acts 27:38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 15 And let him that is on the housetop…
15 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:
Ver. 15. {See Trapp on "Mat 24:16"} {See Trapp on "Mat 24:17"}
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain The meaning is, "As soon as ye shall see…
The meaning is, "As soon as ye shall see the Roman army appear before the city of Jerusalem, let everyone that values his own safety fly, as far and as fast as he can, as Lot fled from the flames of Sodom; and be glad if by flight he can save his life, though he lose goods and clothes, and all things beside."
Whence learn, That when Almighty God is pouring forth his fury upon a sinful people, it is both lawful, and a necessary duty, by flight to endeavour to shelter and secure ourselves from the approaching calamity and desolation; when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, flee to the mountains.
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2. That in case of flight before an enraged enemy, and bloody army, if we lose all that we have, and our lives be given us for a prey, we fare well, and the Lord deals very graciously and mercifully with us.
Next, Our Saviour declares the doleful distress of those that could not flee from the Roman army encompassing Jerusalem, as women great with child, and others giving suck, who by that means are like to lose their lives: and adds farther, That it would increase the calamity, if their flight should happen to be in the winter; St. Matthew adds, on the sabbath-day, Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, nor on the sabbath-day Mat 24:20. Flight in the winter is sad, because we can then fly neither fast nor far; and on the sabbath-day it is very sorrowful, that being the day of our spiritual labour, and of our bodily rest.
Learn thene, That it is a great addition to the trouble and disquiet of a good man’s spirit, when the day of his spiritual rest is interrupted; and instead of enjoying communion with God in his house, he is driven from house and home.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And let him that is in the field,.... At…
And let him that is in the field,.... At work, in any sort of business there,
not turn back again: either to his own house, or rather to that part of the field where he laid down his clothes:
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for to take up his garment; but let him flee without it, or otherwise he would be in great danger; See Gill on Mat 24:18.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. House-top] See Clarke on Mt 24:17.
Verse 15. House-top] See Clarke on Mt 24:17.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On the house-top - See the notes at Mat…
On the house-top - See the notes at Mat 9:1-8.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. neither enter therein] The houses of Palestine, as…
15. neither enter therein] The houses of Palestine, as we have seen in the case of the “paralytic borne of four,” ch. Mar_2:3-12, were furnished with a flight of steps outside, by which the housetop could be reached without actually entering the house. The Christians were thus warned by our Lord to flee along the flat roofs to the city wall, and so make their escape.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Let him that is on the house-top (epi tou…
Let him that is on the house-top (epi tou dwmatov) not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. The roofs of the houses were flat, with frequently a little "dome" (dwma) in the center. The people lived very much upon them; and the stairs were outside, so that a person wishing to enter the house must first descend by these outer stairs. The words, therefore, mean that he must flee suddenly, if he would save his life, even though he might lose his goods, he must escape, perhaps by crossing over the parapet of his own housetop, and so from house-top to house-top, until he could find a convenient point for flight into the hill country.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Not go down into the house.
Mar_13:15-16
Not go down into the house.
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Opportunity to be seized
Opportunity is like a string of stepping stones across a ford. The traveller, coming up to them, may find the river so swollen with the rains that the stones are all but covered. If he delay, though his home be on the opposite bank, and full in sight, it may be too late to cross, and he may have a journey of several miles to reach his home. (Union Magazine.)
Danger of delay
Opportunity is like a narrow passage in the Arctic Seas. Sometimes, in these northern regions, ships get enclosed in a narrow space between ice islands. The floating rocks glide nearer the ship on every side, and the dismayed seamen behold their only chance of escape from the fatal crash lies in a narrow channel, that every moment grows still narrower. How hurriedly they press their vessel through that strip to reach the safety of the open ocean! Even so must we press along the narrow way that leads to eternal Life; for who knows how soon that narrow way may be closed against him. (Union Magazine.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 13:15-16 A person relaxing on the roof of their…
13:15-16 A person relaxing on the roof of their Judean home should not even pack after seeing this sign, but come down and flee. Likewise, a person out in the field should not return home to retrieve his coat. Believers were to flee from the approaching Roman army as soon as they saw the sign of 13:14. The Roman army did not practice a swift “blitzkrieg” kind of warfare. Their movement tended to be cautious, methodical, and relentless. But Jesus warned against playing a waiting game to see how things would develop.
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