“And whoever is on the housetop, let him not return to his house for anything: he should be glad even if he escapes naked. And whoever already stands on the height, let him not come down from it. For when any passionate thought arises in us, then we must through confession hasten to the height of virtue and not descend…”
Theophylact of Ohrid, 12th c. — Commentary on Mark
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16And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
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14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
— Mark 13:16 —
17But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.