Matthew 24:20
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,.... When days are short, and unfit for long journeys, and roads are bad, and sometimes not passable, through large snows, or floods of water; and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
But pray ye ... - The destruction was certainly coming. It could not be prevented; yet it was right to pray for a mitigation of the circumstances, that it might be as mild as possible. So we know that…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
not in the winter when swollen streams, bitter cold and long nights would increase the misery and danger of the fugitives.
on the sabbath day when religious scruples might delay the flight. The extent…