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.
