Translation
Neither should the one in the field return back to take his cloak.
Go to footnote numberParaphrase
Neither should anyone working in the field return to his house to get nicer clothes; that won’t be important either.
Footnotes
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Does this mean return to the house, or just return to a tree or bush where he had placed his cloak? We cannot be sure, but either way a man would not want to be caught in public without his outer garment. Jesus was saying to not even care about appearances, only think about survival at that moment.
At the time when the temple caught on fire the Romans had besieged Jerusalem for months so why did Jesus admonish urgency? I believe it was a general statement intended to indicate that this event would be a major, unavoidable event. His words make it sound like it would be about timing, but the context and where He goes with this topic are about magnitude.