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That abhorrest (ho bdelussomenos). Old word to make foul, to stink, to have abhorrence for. In lxx, in N.T. only here and Rev 21:8. The very word used by Jesus to express their horror of idols (eidōla, see note on Act 7:41 and note on 1Co 12:2). See note on Mat 24:15 for “abomination.”
Dost thou rob temples? (hierosuleiṡ). Old verb from hierosulos (Act 19:37) and that from hieron, temple, and sulaō, to rob. The town clerk (Act 19:37) said that these Jews (Paul and his companions) were “not robbers of temples,” proof that the charge was sometimes made against Jews, though expressly forbidden the Jews (Josephus, Ant. IV. 8, 10). Paul refers to the crime of robbing idol temples in spite of the defilement of contact with idolatry.