{Was walking} (periepatei). Imperfect active of
peripate(935c), to walk around, picturesque imperfect. {In Solomon's
porch} (en t(8869) sto(8369) tou Solom(936e)os). A covered colonnade or
portico in which people could walk in all weather. See  Ac 3:11  5:12  for this porch. This particular part of Solomon's temple
was left uninjured by the Babylonians and survived apparently
till the destruction of the temple by Titus A.D. 70 (Josephus,
_Ant_. XX. 9,7). When John wrote, it was, of course, gone.