The next day the foot soldiers returned, since the road from Antipatris to Caesarea was in predominantly Gentile territory, and Paul would no longer have needed such a large guard to protect him.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .