Mark 13:16

16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

Mark 13:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:16

And let him that is in the field
At work, in any sort of business there,

not turn back again:
either to his own house, or rather to that part of the field where he laid down his clothes:

for to take up his garment;
but let him flee without it, or otherwise he would be in great danger; (See Gill on Matthew 24:18).

Mark 13:16 In-Context

14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

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

16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

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