Matthew 24:17 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 24:17

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:

KJV

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Let him which is on the housetop,.... Who should be there either for his devotion or recreation; for the houses of the Jews were built with flat roofs and battlements about them, which they made use of both for diversion and pleasure, and for private meditation and prayer, for social conversation, and sometimes for public preaching; see Mat 10:27 not come down to take anything out of his house: that is, let him not come down in the inner way, but by the stairs, or ladder, on the outside of the house, which was usual.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Him which is on the house-top - The roofs of the houses in Eastern countries were made flat, so that they were favorable places for walking and retirement. See the notes at Mat 9:1-8. The meaning here is, that He who should be on the house-top when this calamity came upon the city “should flee without delay;” He should not even take time to secure any article of apparel from his house. So sudden would be the calamity, that by attempting to do this He would endanger his life.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

One main subject of this part of our Lord’s prophecy is the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans. That great event took place about forty years after the words we have now read were spoken. A full account of it is to be found in the writings of the historian Josephus. Those writings are the best comment on our Lord’s words; they are a striking proof of the accuracy of every title of his predictions.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
δώματος	dōmatos	housetop	G1430 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
καταβάτω	katabatō	he should come down	G2597 →
ἆραι	arai	to take	G142 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
οἰκίας	oikias	house	G3614 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of him,	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
leads to
- Acts 5:20
  “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- John 16:13
  However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to…
- John 16:1
  “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
- Proverbs 1:20–23
  Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Through
Luke 12:3
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
leads to
- Matthew 10:27
  What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
  Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your…
- Matthew 12:36
  But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12–13
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew