Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 23:31

"So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris." — Acts 23:31 (ASV)

To Antipatris. This town was formerly called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says (Antiquities 13.23) that it was about seventeen miles from Joppa. It was about twenty-six miles from Caesarea, and of course about thirty-five from Jerusalem. Herod the Great changed the name to Antipatris, in honour of his father Antipater. It was situated in a fine plain, and watered with many springs and fountains.