Revised Webster's Bible
Matthew 24:17
17Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
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
15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever readeth, let him understand:) 16Then let them who are in Judaea flee to the mountains: Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days!
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ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 24:17
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
- Job 2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, even, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
- Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
- Mark 13:15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter it, to take any thing out of his house:
- Luke 17:31In that day, he who shall be upon the housetop, and his furniture in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that proclaim upon the housetops.
- Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a low wall for thy roof, that thou mayest not bring blood upon thy house, if any man shall fall from there.
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
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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
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