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

The city was located twenty-seven miles south of Caesarea (see note 2 at Ac 8:40) and nearly thirty miles northwest of Jerusalem (see note 1 at Joh 5:1). Ac 23:23 says Paul and the soldiers left Jerusalem at 9:00 p.m., and this verse implies that they reached Antipatris by morning. This was quite an accomplishment, especially at night.