Acts Chapter 23 verse 31 Holy Bible
So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.
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The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,
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Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - So for then, A.V. Antipatris; "forty-two Roman miles from Jerusalem, and twenty-six from Caesarea, built (on the site of Kaphor Saba) by Herod the Great, and named in honor of Antipater, his father" (Alford). According to Howson, following the American traveller, the Rev. Eli Smith, the route lay from Jerusalem to Gophna, on the road to Nablous, and from Gophna, leaving the great north road by a Roman road of which many distinct traces remain, to Antipatris, avoiding Lydda or Diospolis altogether. Gophna is three hours from Jerusalem, and, as they started at 9 p.m., would be reached by midnight. Five or six hours more would bring them to Antipatris, most of the way being downhill from the hill country of Ephraim to the plain of Sharon. Attera halt of two or three hours, a march of six hours would bring them to Caesarea, which they may have reached in the afternoon.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Antipatris.--The town, built by Herod the Great, and named after his father, is represented by the modern Kefr-Saba, answering to the Caphar Saba of Josephus (Ant. xvi. 5, ? 2). It was about forty-two miles from Jerusalem and twenty-six from Caesarea. Traces of a Roman road have been discovered between it and Jerusalem, more direct by some miles than the better known route through the pass of Beth-horon. Having started probably at or about midnight, they would reach this town about six or seven A.M. They would then be practically beyond all danger of pursuit or attack, and the foot-soldiers therefore returned, as no longer needed, to their barracks in the Tower Antonia, leaving the horsemen to go on with him.
