Mark 13:18

Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter.

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WEBBE

Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter.

BSB

Pray that this will not occur in the winter.

KJV

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

ASV

And pray ye that it be not in the winter.

BBE

And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

Original Greek

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προσεύχεσθε proseuchesthe do pray G4336 δὲ de then G1161 ἵνα ina that it G2443 μὴ mē not G3361 γένηται genētai may happen G1096 ἡ hē the G3588 φυγὴ phugē flight G5437 ὑμῶν humōn of you G4771 χειμῶνος cheimōnos in winter G5494

The early church

(ubi sup.) But if we are to understand it of the consummation of the world, He commands that our faith and love for Christ should not grow cold, and that we should not grow lazy and cold in the work of God, by taking a sabbath from virtue.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
That is, lest they who wish to fly should be impeded by the difficulties of the season.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Pray that your flight may not be in the winter, or on the sabbath day, that is, that the fruit of our work may not be ended with the end of time; for fruit comes to an end in the winter and time in the sabbath.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
It goes on: But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days. (non occ.) Again, after having mentioned this double impediment to flight, which might arise either from the desire of taking away property, or from having children to carry, He touches upon the third obstacle, namely, that coming from the season; saying, And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
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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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.