Acts 21:31 - Exposition

Were seeking for went about, A.V. ; up to for unto, A.V.; confusion for an uproar, A.V. Tidings ; φάσις , only here in the New Testament. The legal use of the word in Greek is an "information" against any one laid before a magistrate. Here it is the information conveyed to the tribune by the sentinels on guard. Came up ; viz. to the castle of Antonia, to which steps led up from the temple area on the north-west side (see Acts 21:32 and Acts 21:35 ). The chief captain ; the chiliarch, or tribune; literally, the commander of a thousand men (see John 18:12 ). The band ( τῆς σπείρης ); the cohort which formed the Roman garrison of Antonia (see Acts 10:1 , note; also Acts 10:32 , Acts 10:33 , etc.; Acts 22:24 , Acts 22:26 , etc.).