"a portico," is used (a) of the "porches" at the pool of Bethesda, Joh 5:2; (b) of the covered colonnade in the Temple, called Solomon's "porch," Joh 10:23, Act 3:11, Act 5:12 a portico on the eastern side of the temple; this and the other "porches" existent in the time of Christ were almost certainly due to Herod's restoration. Cp. Stoics (Act 17:18), "philosophers of the porch."
<2,,4440, pulon>
akin to pule, "a gate" (Eng., "pylon"), is used of "a doorway, porch or vestibule" of a house or palace, Mat 26:71. In the parallel passage Mar 14:68, No. 3 is used, and pulon doubtless stands in Matt. 26 for proaulion. See GATE, No. 2.
<3,,4259, proaulion>
"the exterior court" or "vestibule," between the door and the street, in the houses of well-to-do folk, Mar 14:68, "porch" (RV marg., "forecourt").
