The caretakers quickly closed the temple doors after the crowd dragged Paul out. "The Jews immediately shut the temple doors" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## the chief captain ##
The military officer or leader of about 600 soldiers.
## all Jerusalem was in an uproar ##
"a lot of people in Jerusalem were in an uproar." This is an exaggeration to stress that a large crowd was upset by this event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])