Acts 21:27-36
Summary for Acts 21:28-29: 21:28-29 a Gentiles: It was a crime punishable by death to bring any non-Jew into the Temple precincts beyond the Court of the Gentiles (see also Josephus, War 5.5.2; 6.2.4). The Jews assumed that Paul had violated this sacred law by bringing Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus (see also Acts 20:4 b; 2 Tim 4:20 c), into the forbidden area.21:30 d This supposed desecration of the Temple aroused the fury of the Jewish populace. The Temple ... gates were closed because they thought the Temple had been defiled by a Gentile.
21:31 e commander: Or tribune, a Roman officer who commanded 1,000 men.
21:34 f The fortress of Antonia, a large military garrison built by Herod the Great on the northwest corner of the Temple Mount, accommodated the Roman cohort that was stationed there to keep the peace.
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