Mark 13:15

15 The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

Mark 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:15

And let him that is on the house top
On the battlements of the house, either for diversion or devotion:

not go down into the house;
in the inner way by the stairs, or ladder within doors:

neither enter therein;
being come down from the top of the house, by stairs, or a ladder without, which was usual:

to take any thing out of his house;
to take care of his goods, or take any thing along with him, that might be useful in his flight, and journey, and stay abroad; (See Gill on Matthew 24:17).

Mark 13:15 In-Context

13 And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

14 "But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

15 The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

16 and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

17 And woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days!

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts have "And the one"
• [b]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun