Matthew 24:16
Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:
Cross-reference
Genesis 19:15-17 describes Lot's urgent flight from Sodom—a direct type of the command to flee to the mountains in Matthew 24:16.
Exodus 9:21 contrasts those who ignored God's warning—opposing the obedient flight commanded in Matthew 24:16.
Proverbs 22:3 gives the general principle that the prudent hide from danger—Matthew 24:16 applies it specifically to fleeing Judea.
Jeremiah 6:1 warns Benjamin to flee Jerusalem for safety—a clear parallel to the command in Matthew 24:16 to flee to the mountains.
In Luke 21:21, the same command to flee to the mountains appears — a parallel account of Jesus' warning about Jerusalem's destruction.
Luke 21:22 explains these are 'days of vengeance' — the cross-reference gives the prophetic reason for the commanded flight.
In Hebrews 11:7, Noah heeds God's warning and escapes the flood — a typological parallel to fleeing Jerusalem's destruction by faith.
In Genesis 19:17, Lot is told to flee to the mountain to escape Sodom — a direct typological pattern Jesus applies to Jerusalem's fall.
Zechariah 14:2 predicts the siege of Jerusalem that Jesus references — the same coming destruction requiring flight to the mountains.
Mark 13:15 is the parallel account in the same discourse — instruction for those on rooftops during the same siege, complementing the call to flee.
Deuteronomy 28:52 describes siege as a covenant curse — it provides the OT background for the judgment that necessitates the flight.
Exodus 9:20 shows those who feared God’s word taking shelter—a parallel to the prudent response of fleeing in Matthew 24:16.
Jeremiah 37:12 shows the prophet personally leaving Jerusalem — a type of the urgent escape Jesus instructs when judgment comes.
Jeremiah 48:6 cries 'Flee! Save yourselves!' to the Moabites under judgment — a parallel call to escape destruction, though for a different nation.
Revelation 18:4 calls God's people out of Babylon — a thematic parallel to fleeing Jerusalem's judgment, though the target city differs.