In the field (εν τω αγρω). The peasant worked in his time and left his mantle at home then as now.

Return back to take his clothes. His clothes which, in working, he had laid aside; or which in fleeing he should throw off as an …

To take his clothes — It is better translated in the singular as his cloak. The man would be working in the field with th…

This portion of our Savior’s words appears to relate solely to the destruction of Jerusalem. As soon as Christ’s disciples saw the abomination …

St. John Chrysostom: Just as He had previously hinted obscurely at the end of Jerusalem, He now gives a more direct announceme…

The instructions Jesus gives to his disciples about what to do in view of v.15 are so specific that they must be related to the Jewish War. The dev…

Neither let him which is in the field Ploughing, or sowing, or employed in any other parts of husbandry, or rural busines…

The disciples had asked concerning the times, "When should these things be?" Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, "What sha…

Having already related the destruction, in this part He relates that the consummation will come, and He gives a sort of introduction.