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Act_23:31-34. Antipatris, on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea, built by Herod I., and named after his father Antipater, was 26 miles (thus 5 1/5 geographical miles) distant from Caesarea. See Robinson, III. p. 257 ff.; Ritter, Erdk. XVI. p. 571.
διὰ τῆς νυκτός ] as in Act_17:10. Inexact statement a potiori; for, considering the great distance between Jerusalem and Antipatris (about 8 geographical miles), and as they did not set out from Jerusalem before nine in the evening (Act_23:25), besides the night a part of the following forenoon must have been spent on the journey to Antipatris, which must, moreover, be conceived of as a very hurried one; yet the following night is not, with Kuinoel (against Act_23:32), to be included.
Act_23:32. ἐάσαντες κ . τ . λ .] thus from their own foresight (because such a strong force was unnecessary at the distance which they had reached, and might be required in case of an uproar at Jerusalem), not according to the literal command of the tribune, Act_23:23.
τοὺς ἱππεῖς ] not also the δεξιολάβους , whom they took back with them, as may be concluded from their not being mentioned.
Act_23:33. οἵτινες ] “ad remotius nomen, secus atque expectaveris refertur,” Ellendt, Lex. Soph. II. p. 368.
καὶ τ . Παῦλ .] simul et Paulum.
Act_23:34. Felix makes only a preliminary personal inquiry, but one necessary for the treatment of the cause and of the man, on a point on which the elogium contained no information.
ποίας ] is qualitative: from what kind of province. Cilicia was an imperial province.