Philip
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee,
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee....
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Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later
Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who
preached in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the feast day of Saint Philip,
along with that of James the Just, was traditionally observed
on 1 May, the anniversary of the dedication of the church
dedicated to t...
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Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and
yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath
seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the
Father?...
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being
tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of
Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the
tetrarch of Abilene,...
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fil'-ip (Philippos, "lover of horses"):
(1) The father of Alexander the Great (1 Macc 1:1; 6:2),
king of Macedonia in 359-336 BC. His influence for Greece
and for mankind in general lay in hastening the decadence of
the Greek city-state and in the preparations he left to
Alexander for the diffusion throughout the world of the
varied phases of ...
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-1. The brother of Herod Antipas and the husband of Herodias
Mt 14:3; Mr 6:17; Lu 3:19
-2. Tetrarch of Iturea
Lu 3:1
-3. One of the seven servants (Greek: diakonos)
Ac 6:5
Successfully preaches in Samaria
Ac 8:4-14
Expounds the Scriptures to the Ethiopian eunuch whom he
immerses
Ac 8:27-38
Caught away by the Spirit to Azotus, preaches in...
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(lover of horses) the apostle was of Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew and Peter, Joh 1:44 and apparently was among the
Galilean peasants of that district who flocked to hear the
preaching of the Baptist. The manner in which St. John
speaks of him indicates a previous friendship with the sons
of Jona and Zebedee, and a consequent participation in ...
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lover of horses. (1.) One of the twelve apostles; a native
of
Bethsaida, "the city of Andrew and Peter" (John
1:44). He
readily responded to the call of Jesus when first
addressed to
him (43), and forthwith brought Nathanael also to
Jesus (45,46).
He seems to have held a prominent place among the
apostles
(Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; John 6:5-...
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Of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter ("by dwelling",
apo; but of Capernaum "by birth", ek; Greswell): John 1:44-
45. Associated with Andrew; both, alone of the apostles,
have Greek names. Jesus Himself called Philip. When "wishing
(Greek) to go forth into Galilee. He findeth Philip and
saith (with His deeply significant call), Follow Me."...
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