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Of their murders (ek tōn phonōn autōn). Heads the list, but “sorceries” (ek tōn pharmakōn) comes next. Pharmakon was originally enchantment, as also in Rev 21:8, then drug. For pharmakia see Rev 18:23; Gal 5:20. The two other items are fornication (porneias) and thefts (klemmatōn, old word from kleptō, here alone in N.T.), all four characteristic of demonic worship and idolatry. See other lists of vices in Mar 7:21; Gal 5:20; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15. Our word “pharmacy” as applied to drugs and medicine has certainly come a long way out of a bad environment, but there is still a bad odour about “patent medicines.”