Verse 31. To Antipatris. This town was anciently called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says (Antiq. xiii.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.