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MATTHEW 24:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 24:17Matt 24:19
“Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.”
And let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. The field-worker who should not turn back for his cloak — the outer garment needed for warmth at night — is the second example of the urgency: even the most basic necessity (the cloak) should not be taken if it means delay.

Church Fathers on Matthew 24:18

As above He had obscurely intimated the end of Jerusalem; He now proceeds to a more plain announcement of it, citing a prophecy which should make them believe it.

Chrysostom · 4th century

That, 'Let him that readeth understand,' is said to call us to the mystic understanding of the place. What we read in Daniel is this; 'And in the midst of the week the sacrifice and the oblation shall be taken away, and in the temple shall be the abomination of desolations until the consummation of the time, and consummation shall be given upon the desolate.' [Dan 9:27, septuagint]

Jerome · 4th century

Luke, in order to shew that the abomination of desolation foretold by Daniel had reference to the time of the siege of Jerusalem, repeats these words of our Lord, 'When ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know ye that its desolation draweth nigh.' [Luke 21:20]

Augustine · 4th century · Ep. 199, 31
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