Antipatris

A city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father, Antipater. It lay between Caesarea and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem. To this place Paul was brought by night (Acts 23:31) on his way to Caesarea, from which it was distant 28 miles. It is identified with the modern, Ras-el-Ain, where rise the springs of Aujeh, the largest springs in Palestine.

ANTIP'ATRIS (for his father), a city built by Herod the Great in honor of his father, Antipater. It was on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea, Acts 23:31, about 26 miles south-east of the latter and 10 miles north-east of Joppa, according to ancient authority. Some have located it at Kefr Saba, on the plain, 40 miles north-west of Jerusalem; Wilson and Conder place it at Kala'at Ras el 'Ain, ruins between Lydda and Caesarea, 30 miles south-east of the latter and 11 miles north-east of Joppa. The old Roman road from Jerusalem runs to this place, and thence to Caesarea. "One of the finest springs in the country is near." It did not seem probable to Wilson and Conder that any large town like Antipatris had been at Kefr Saba.

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ANTIP'ATRIS (for his father), a city built by Herod the Great in honor of his father, Antipater. It was on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea, Acts 23:31, about 26 miles south-east of the latter and 10 miles north-east of Joppa, according to ancient authority. Some have located it at Kefr Saba, on the plain, 40 miles north-west of Jerusalem; Wilson and Conder place it at Kala'at Ras el 'Ain, ruins between Lydda and Caesarea, 30 miles south-east of the latter and 11 miles north-east of Joppa. The old Roman road from Jerusalem runs to this place, and thence to Caesarea. "One of the finest springs in the country is near." It did not seem probable to Wilson and Conder that any large town like Antipatris had been at Kefr Saba.