Mark 13:17

17 And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!

Mark 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:17

But woe to them that are with child
Who because of their burdens, would be very unfit for, and very incapable of fleeing with any haste; and therefore very liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, and become their prey:

and to them that give suck in those days;
who could not bear to leave their children behind, and yet would not be able to carry them with them; at least not without great trouble, and which would much retard their flight, and endanger their being taken by the enemy; (See Gill on Matthew 24:19).

Mark 13:17 In-Context

15 let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything away;

16 and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.

17 And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!

18 Pray that it may not happen in winter.

19 For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.