Dictionaries :: Antipatris

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 (Act 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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Antipatris:

for, or against the father

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Antipatris:

an-tip'-a-tris (Antipatris): Is mentioned in Scripture only once, in connection with the descent of Paul from Jerusalem to Caesarea (Ac 23:31). References will be found in Ant, XIII, xv 1; XVI, v, 2; BJ, I, xxi, 9. It was a town built by Herod the Great, and called after his father Antipater. It is probably identical with the modern Ras el-‘Ain, "fountain head," a large mound with ruins at the source of Nahr El‘aujeh, in the plain to the Northeast of Jaffa. There are remains of a crusading castle which may be the Mirabel of those times.

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Antipatris: A City in Samaria

Act 23:31