Act 21:30-36 | TNotes | STEP | 21:30 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.

‏ Acts 21:30-36

21:30 ^a 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 ^b commander: Or tribune, a Roman officer who commanded 1,000 men.
21:34 ^c 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.