New International Version
Mark 13:15
15Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.
Context of Mark 13:15
13Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
Read all of Mark 13Mark 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 19:15With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
- Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
- Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
- Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Matthew 24:16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Luke 17:31On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.
- Acts 27:18We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
- Philippians 3:7But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
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
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