Matthew 24:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)17 [Also], the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], is not to take any of the belongings from his house as he comes down [to flee]. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176917 let him which is on the house top not come down to take any thing out of his house: Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition17 Let him who is on the housetop not come down and go into the house to take anything; Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house: Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible17 Those on the roof shouldn’t come down to grab things from their houses. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version17 And whoever is on the roof, let him not descend to take anything from his house. Ver Capítulo |
But because they could not find a [suitable] way to get him in [to the house] because of the people crowded [around], they went up to the housetop [Note: This was a flat area, where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with a stairway accessible from the outside] and lowered the man on his cot through the roof tiles into the presence of Jesus.