Acts 21:30

ἐκινήθη, as in Acts 6:12, cf. Acts 24:5. συνδρομὴ τοῦ λ., Judges 3:18; Malachi 3:8; Malachi 3:8, used of a tumultuous concourse of people, Arist., Rhet., iii., 10, 7, Polyb., i., 67, 2. ἐπιλ. τοῦ Π.: see p. 368, here of violent seizing; they wanted to get Paul outside the Temple precincts, so that the latter might not be polluted with his blood, Acts 21:31. ἐκλείσθησαν αἱ θ.: no doubt by the Levitical guard, perhaps lest Paul should return, and so gain a place of safety in the Temple, or more probably to save the sacred precincts from any further pollution and uproar.