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Person

Phillip the Apostle

Also called Philip

Mentioned in 15 verses across 5 books, first in John 1:43. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Name: Philip
Gender: Male
Group: Apostles, Apostles (Post-Ascension), Apostles (The Eleven)

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Jesus Christ8 verses
Andrew5 verses
Bartholomew4 verses
Alphaeus3 verses
Thomas3 verses
Lebbaeus Thaddaeus3 verses
Nathanael3 verses
Simon Peter3 verses
Matthew3 verses
James (Son of Alphaeus)3 verses
John the Apostle2 verses
God2 verses
Simon Zelotes2 verses
Joseph (Mary's Husband)1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Bethsaidascene of “Feeding of Five Thousand”2 shared verses
Capernaumscene of “Apostles Chosen”
Jerusalemscene of “Matthias replaces Judas”
Nazareth2 shared verses
Galilee2 shared verses

In the Bible

All 11 verses in John, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

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.”
John 12:21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
John 12:22
Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.
John 14:8
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
John 14:9
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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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.

c. AD 27
First Disciples GatheredJohn 1:35–51
c. AD 28
Apostles ChosenMatthew 10:2 – Luke 6:16 · at Capernaum
c. AD 29
Feeding of Five ThousandMatthew 14:13 – John 6:14 · at Bethsaida
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.