Mark 13:16

16 and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.

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 "As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;

15 let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;

16 and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.

17 And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

18 "But pray that it may not come in the winter.