Mark 13:15

15 Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along. ¹

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 Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

14 "You will see "The Awful Horror' standing in the place where he should not be." (Note to the reader: understand what this means!) "Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.

15 Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

16 Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.

17 How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!

Cross References

• 1. 13.15, 16Luke 17.31.