Upon the stairs (επ τους αναβαθμους). From ανα, up, and βαινω, to go. Late word, in LXX and Koine writers. In the N.T. only…

Upon the stairs. The stairs which led from the temple to the tower of Antonia. Josephus says, (Jewish Wars, Book 5, Chapter 5, § 8), that …

When he came upon the stairs . . .—This was one of the flights leading, as has been said, from the tower to the Temple ar…

The commander formally arrested Paul and ordered him bound with two chains. Undoubtedly he considered him a criminal and was prepared to treat him …

And when he came upon the stairs
Or steps, which led up to the castle; for it was built upon a very high place, as a…

In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently attacked. They falsely charged him with false doctri…