Matthew 24:17

Translations

Modern

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Traditional

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Literal

…the one on the housetop, let him not come down to take away the things out of his house;

Latin

…et qui in tecto, non descendat tollere aliquid de domo sua:

Original

Greek

English

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Notes

Matthew 24:1–31

Some 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.

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Curses and Blessings False Prophets The Day Is Coming The Sovereignty of God

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Luke 17:31–33
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
Mark 13:15–16
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Acts 10:9
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Luke 12:3
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Luke 5:19
…but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
1 Samuel 9:25
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
Proverbs 6:4–5
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Job 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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