Matthew 24:17,18

ividly express the urgency of the flight. ὁ ἐπὶ τ. δ., etc., the man on the house top must fly without stopping to get articles of value in the house down the outside stair and off. τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκ., elliptical = the things in his house, from his house. ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, let the man in the field, on hearing the fatal report, fly in his tunic, not returning home for his upper robe. “No man works in his mantle, the peasant leaves it at home, now as in Christ's time” (Furrer, Wanderungen, p. 117).