Mark 12:38

Mark 12:38. The phrase ‘unto them' is to be omitted. The discourse was both to the multitude (Mark 12:39) and to his disciples (comp. Matt and Luke).

In his teaching; implying that much more was said.

Beware, be on your guard against.

The scribes. Matthew: ‘the scribes and the Pharisees.' See Matthew 23:2.

Desire. A description of the scribes as a body, not of a certain class among them. There were few to whom this description could not apply.

To walk in robes, displaying their flowing robes as a sign of their official position. Desiring to display a sign of ecclesiastical dignity is here condemned. Monks have generally adopted ‘long robes,' and too often the length of a clerical coat is the measure of the Pharisaical tendency among Protestants. Comp, further on Matthew 23:6-7.