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Mark 13:16 Cross-References
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“And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.”
Mark 13:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 13:16
Let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment—laborers worked in fields wearing inner tunic, leaving outer cloak at field's edge (valuable garment, used as nighttime covering). Jesus commanded: don't return for it. The urgency supersedes recovering even necessary items. The Greek mē epistrepsatō (μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω, 'let him not turn back') parallels v. 15's prohibition—no delay permitted.This intensifies the point: value life above clothing, safety above possessions. It echoes Proverbs: 'How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?' (Proverbs 6:9)—spiritual urgency demands ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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