# rolled up the scroll

A scroll was closed by rolling it like a tube to protect the writing inside it.

# attendant

This refers to a synagogue worker who brought out and put away with proper care and reverence the scrolls containing the scriptures.

# were fixed on him

This idiom means "were focused on him" or "were looking intently at him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])