Matthew 24:17

Matthew 24:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
• New International Version (NIV)Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

Context of Matthew 24:17

15Long ago, God's prophet Daniel wrote in the Bible about something that would happen. He said that one day people would put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the temple. You will see it in the holy place. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.) 16At 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 his house. He must not stop to get anything from his home to take with him. 18People who are outside in their fields must not go back to their homes. They must not even go to fetch their coats. 19That 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!

Matthew 24:17 word by word

ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let himκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• which isὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the housetopδῶμαdōma · housetopG1430
• notμήmē · notG3361
• to takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• any thingτιςtis · oneG5100
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614

Cross-references for Matthew 24:17

• Matthew 6:25So I tell you this. You should not worry about how to stay alive. Do not worry about the food and drink that you need. Do not worry about the clothes that you need to wear. Your life is more important than the food that you eat. Your body is more important than your clothes.
• 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.
• Mark 13:15A 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.
• 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.
• Matthew 10:27I tell you things secretly, like people do in the dark. But you must tell people these things clearly in the light of day. I have said things very quietly into your ears. But now you must shout those things loudly from the tops of the houses.
• Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you must make a wall around the edge of the flat roof. Then if someone falls off the roof and dies, you will not be guilty for his death.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Let him which is on the house top - The houses of the Jews, as well as those of the ancient Greeks and Romans, were flat-roofed, and had stairs on the outside, by which persons might ascend and descend without coming into the house. In the eastern walled cities, these flat-roofed houses usually formed continued terraces from one end of the city to the other; which terraces terminated at the gates. He, therefore, who is walking on the house top, let him…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Him which is on the house-top - The roofs of the houses in Eastern countries were made flat, so that they were favorable places for walking and retirement. See the notes at Matthew 9:1-8. The meaning here is, that He who should be on the house-top when this calamity came upon the city “should flee without delay;” He should not even take time to secure any article of apparel from his house. So sudden would be the calamity, that by attempting to do this He…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Some think chapter 24 is about the return of Jesus at the end of time. Others think it as a prediction of events in AD 70, when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. Some think it refers to both events. See also study notes on Mark 13.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 24:17

• House
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Commentaries on Matthew 24

• 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