Acts 3:3

3:3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, ¹  he asked them for money. ² 

Acts 5:20

5:20 “Go and stand in the temple courts ³  and proclaim ⁴  to the people all the words of this life.”

Acts 19:37

19:37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers ⁵  nor blasphemers of our goddess. ⁶ 

Acts 24:18

24:18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, ⁷  without a crowd or a disturbance. ⁸ 

Acts 26:21

26:21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts ⁹  and were trying to kill me.

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¹ tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

sn See the note on the phrase the temple courts in the previous verse.

² tn Grk “alms.” See the note on the word “money” in the previous verse.

³ tn Grk “the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

⁴ tn Or “speak.”

⁵ tn Or perhaps, “desecrators of temples.”

⁶ sn Nor blasphemers of our goddess. There was no formal crime with which Paul could be charged. He had the right to his religion as long as he did not act physically against the temple. Since no overt act had taken place, the official wanted the community to maintain the status quo on these religious matters. The remarks suggest Paul was innocent of any civil crime.

⁷ sn Ritually purified. Paul’s claim here is that he was honoring the holiness of God by being sensitive to issues of ritual purity. Not only was he not guilty of the charges against him, but he was thoroughly devout.

⁸ tn BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος 3.b has “μετὰ θορύβου…with a disturbance Ac 24:18.”

⁹ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.