Mark 13:16

16 No one in the field should go back to get 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 "You will see 'the hated thing that destroys.'(Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) It will stand where it does not belong. The reader should understand this. Then those who are in Judea should escape to the mountains.

15 No one on the roof should go down into his house to take anything out.

16 No one in the field should go back to get his coat.

17 How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers!

18 Pray that this will not happen in winter.