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Phillip the Apostle

Also called Philip

Mentioned in 15 verses across 5 books, first in Matthew 10:3. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

The first 10 of 15 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Matthew

  • Matthew 10:3

    Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Mark

  • Mark 3:18

    Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Luke

  • Luke 6:14

    Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

John

  • John 1:43

    The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

  • John 1:44

    Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

  • John 1:45

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

  • John 1:46

    “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

  • John 1:48

    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

  • John 6:5

    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

  • John 6:7

    Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

Events

Events the dataset lists Phillip the Apostle as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. AD 27
    First Disciples GatheredJohn 1:35–51
  2. c. AD 28
  3. c. AD 29
    Feeding of Five ThousandMatthew 14:13 – John 6:14 · at Bethsaida
  4. no date
    Matthias replaces JudasActs 1:12–26 · at Jerusalem

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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 6:5-7; 12:21, 22; 14:8, 9; Acts 1:13). Of his later life nothing is certainly known. He is said to have preached in Phrygia, and to have met his death at Hierapolis.

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