Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Devour widows' houses (oi katesqontev tav oikiav twn xhrwn). New sentence in the nominative. Terrible pictures of civil wrong by graft grabbing the homes of helpless widows. They inveigled widows into giving their homes to the temple and took it for themselves.
For a pretence make long prayers (profasei makra proseuxomenoi). Profasei instrumental case of the same word (profhmi) from which prophet comes, but here pretext, pretence of extra piety while robbing the widows and pushing themselves to the fore. Some derive it from profainw, to show forth.
Greater (perissoteron). More abundant condemnation. Some comfort in that at any rate.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 12:40:
Matthew 23:13
Acts 27:30
Romans 13:2
Philippians 3:19
1 Timothy 5:3
James 3:1
Revelation 18:7
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