Mark 13:15

Mark 13:15 in other versions

• King James Version (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:
• New International Version (NIV)Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

Context of Mark 13:15

13All people will hate you because you are my disciples. But God will save the person who remains strong until the end. 14There will be a time when you will see in the temple a disgusting thing that causes trouble. You will see it in a place where it should not be. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.) At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide. A person who is on the roof of his house must not go down into the house. He must not stop to get anything from his home. 16A person who is outside in his field must not go back to his home. He must not return even to fetch his coat. 17That will be a bad time for women who are soon to have a baby. It will also be a bad time for those women who have little babies.

Mark 13:15 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω μηδὲ εἰσελθάτω ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• let him that isὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the housetopδῶμαdōma · housetopG1430
• notμήmē · notG3361
• go downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• enterεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• to takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• any thingτιςtis · oneG5100
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614

Cross-references for Mark 13:15

• Genesis 19:15At dawn, the two angels told Lot he must leave quickly. They said to him, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and take your two daughters who are here. If you do not go quickly, you will all die when the Lord destroys the city.’
• Job 2:4Satan answered the Lord, ‘A man will always take care of his own body. He would do anything to save his own life.
• Proverbs 6:4Do not let yourself sleep or even stop to rest until you have met with him.
• Proverbs 22:3A careful person can see danger and he will hide himself. But a silly person never stops, and he walks into trouble.
• Matthew 24:16At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide.
• Luke 17:31On that day, a person who is up on the roof of his house must not go back down into the house. He must not get his things that are inside the house to take with him. In the same way, people that are working outside in their fields must not go back to their homes.
• Acts 27:18The strong storm continued to blow against the ship. The ship was carrying many things. So the next day, the sailors threw some of these things into the sea.
• Philippians 3:7All those ideas seemed very important to me then. But now they are worth nothing to me, because I trust in Christ.
• Hebrews 11:7Noah believed God too. God told Noah about bad things that would happen. Nobody could see what would happen, but Noah believed God's message. He was careful to do exactly what God told him. He built a large ship to save his family. As a result of his faith, Noah showed that everyone else in the world was wrong. Noah himself became one of those people that God accepted as right with him. They are right with God because they trust him.

Commentaries on Mark 13:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15House-top - See on Matthew 24:17; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15On the house-top - See the notes at Matthew 9:1-8.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these things, the more we shall see…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16A 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 cloak. Believers were to flee from the approaching Roman army as soon as they saw the sign of 13:14. Their movement was usually cautious, methodical (careful and step-by-step), and relentless (steady and not stopping). But Jesus warned people not to wait and see…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. And let him that is on the housetop not get down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house--that is, let him take the outside flight of steps from the roof to the ground; a graphic way of denoting the extreme urgency of the case, and the danger of being tempted, by the desire to save his property, to delay till escape should become impossible.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings