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31. ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος. The common Oriental place for cool and quiet resort. See on Luk 12:3, Luk 5:19.
τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ. Vulg[310] vasa. I.e. his furniture or goods:
[310] Vulg. Vulgate.
“Therefore away to get our stuff aboard.”
SHAKSP. Com. of Errors.
The A.V[311] took “stuff” from Tyndale.
[311] A.V. Authorised Version.
μὴ καταβάτω. Let him escape at once by the outer steps, Mat 24:16-18. It is clear that in these warnings, as in Matthew 24, our Lord has distinctly in view the Destruction of Jerusalem, and the awful troubles and judgments which it brought, as being the first fulfilment of the Prophecy of His Advent.