Before their city; the temple of Jupiter, whom they took for the patron of their city, was in the suburbs. Garlands; these were usually in the form of crowns put upon the oxen which they intended to sacrifice; and, by this sign, showed that they were dedicated to Jupiter, whom the heathen blasphemously called, The king of kings, and placed him sitting in his chair, or throne, with a crown on his head. Unto the gates; the gates or doors of the house where the apostles lodged.
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Acts 14:13
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.