Mark 13:17

17 And woe to them that are with child and that 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 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house nor enter therein to take any thing out of the house.

16 And let him that shall be in the field not turn back to take up his garment.

17 And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days.

18 But pray ye that these things happen not in winter.

19 For in those days shall be such tribulations as were not from the beginning of the creation which God created until now: neither shall be.