Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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Gill's Exposition
Who, when they came to Caesarea,.... The seventy horsemen:
and delivered the epistle to the governor; to Felix, governor of Judea, who was now at Caesarea; namely, the letter which Claudius Lysias,…
Barnes' Notes
To Antipatris - This town was anciently called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says (Antiq., Act 13:23) that it was about 17 miles from Joppa. It was about 26 miles from Caesarea, and, of course, about 35 miles…
Adam Clarke
Antipatris - This place, according to Josephus, Antiq. lib. xiii. cap. 23, was anciently called Capharsaba, and is supposed to be the same which, in 1 Maccabees 7:31, is called Capharsalama, or…
We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated.
I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular…
Cambridge Bible
Paul is brought to Cesarea, and kept prisoner by Felix
31. Then[So] the soldiers, &c.… took Paul i.e. they formed a party for his escort, and took him among them.
and brought him by night i.e. that…