Note 5 at Acts 23:31: Antipatris was located on the main coastal road and occupied the site of the Old Testament city of Aphek (1 Sam. 4:1; 29:1). Herod the Great (see note 3 at Lk. 3:1, p. 70) built Antipatris in 9 B.C. and named it after his father Antipater.

The city was located 27 miles south of Caesarea (see note 2 at Acts 8:40, p. 620) and nearly 40 miles north of Jerusalem (see note 1 at Jn. 5:1, p. 150). Acts 23:23 says Paul and the soldiers left Jerusalem at 9 p.m. and this verse implies that they reached Antipatris by morning. This was quite an accomplishment, especially at night.