Mark 13:15

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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WEBBE

and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

BSB

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

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:

ASV

and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

BBE

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

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ὁ ho the [one] G3588 δὲ de and G1161 ἐπὶ epi upon G1909 τοῦ tou the G3588 δώματος dōmatos housetop G1430 μὴ mē not G3361 καταβάτω katabatō he should come down G2597 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 οἰκίαν oikian house G3614 μηδὲ mēde nor G3366 εἰσελθάτω eiselthatō should go in G1525 ἆραί arai to take G142 τι ti anything G5100 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τῆς tēs the G3588 οἰκίας oikias house G3614 αὐτοῦ autou of him G846

The early church

(ubi sup.) Then let him who is on the house-top, that is, whose mind rises above carnal deeds, and who lives spiritually, as it were in the free air, not come down to the base acts of his former conversation, nor seek again those things which he had left, the desires of the world or the flesh. For our house either means this world, or that in which we live, our own flesh.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
It goes on, 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; for it is a desirable thing to be saved even naked from such a destruction.
Glossa Ordinaria · d. 1274Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 abundant cause to flee without delay for refuge to Christ, and to renounce every earthly object, for the salvation of our souls.

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