Paul points out that when the Jews found him, it was after he had completed the ceremony of purification (see 21.24-26), which refutes the charge that they found him defiling the temple (v. 6). Again, the verb found must be understood in the sense of “saw me.”

After I had completed the ceremony of purification is equivalent to “after I had gone through the rite of being purified” or “after I had gone through the rite which caused me to be pure.”

No disorder may be rendered as “no people were causing a noise” or “the people were not causing any disturbance.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .