Matthew 24 · Verse 18

Matthew 24:18

Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Matthew 24:18, King James Version

Matthew 24:18 in other translations

BSBAnd let no one in the field return for his cloak.
WEBLet him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
ASVand let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
YLTand he in the field--let him not turn back to take his garments.
DARBYand let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment.
BBEAnd let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.
WebsterNeither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes.

What does Matthew 24:18 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 18. Return back to take his clothes. His clothes which, in working, he had laid aside; or which in fleeing he should throw off as an incumbrance. Clothes here means the outer garment, commonly laid aside when men worked, or ran. Mt 5:40.

These directions were followed. It is said that the Christians, warned by these predictions, fled from the city to Pella, and other places beyond Jordan; so that there is not evidence that a single Christian perished in Jerusalem. Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., lib. 3, ch. 6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back - Because when once the army of the Romans sits down before the city, there shall be no more any possibility of escape, as they shall never remove till Jerusalem be destroyed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 24:4-28

The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the…

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Matthew 24:18 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhothe [one]G3588
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἀγρῷagrōfieldG68
μὴmēnotG3361
ἐπιστρεψάτωepistrepsatōhe should returnG1994
ὀπίσωopisōbackG3694
ἆραιaraito takeG142
τὸtotheG3588
ἱμάτιονhimationcloakG2440
αὐτοῦ.autouof him.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Matthew 24:17

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

  • Matthew 24:18

    Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

  • Matthew 24:19

    And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Read all of Matthew 24

Matthew 24:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el que en el campo, no vuelva atrás á tomar sus vestidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et que celui qui est aux champs ne retourne pas en arrière pour emporter son vêtement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und wer auf dem Felde ist, nicht zurückkehre, um sein Kleid zu holen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et qui in agro, non revertatur tollere tunicam suam.