Antipatris in Biblical History

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What is Antipatris?
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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