Moreover, pray that when you flee, it will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
- KJV But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
- BSB Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.
- NKJV And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
- NLT And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
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Quick answer
They should pray that their flight not come in winter or on a Sabbath. It points to circumstances that would make escape more difficult.
Overview
Winter weather and Sabbath travel restrictions could hinder a rapid flight. Jesus encourages prayer that conditions would not worsen the ordeal. This shows that believers may pray about the practical circumstances of trials, trusting God's care even as they obey his warnings.
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Cross-references · 2
- Exod 16:29Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
- Acts 1:12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
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