NT Characters: Philip

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/philipmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Home, name, ministry</strong></p><ul><li>Lived in Bethsaida (also the home town of Peter and Andrew).</li><li>Likely a former disciple of John the Baptist.</li><li>Listed fifth among the apostles.</li><li>Named after father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon. His name means "horse-lover." Another piece of trivia: a <i>philippic</i> is any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation. Origin of the term: Athenian orator Demosthenes delivered orations against Philip of Macedon (4th century BC).</li><li>Not the same individual as Philip the Evangelist (Acts 6:5, 8:5ff, 21:8). There is another Philip in the N.T., Philip the Tetrarch (Luke 3:1; Mark 6:17), one of the sons of Herod the Great.</li><li>Greek-speaking.</li><li>Matthew 10:3, 14:3; Mark 3:18, 6:17; Luke 6:14; John 1:43-44, 6:5-7, 12:21-23, 14:8-9; Acts 1:13.</li></ul><p><strong>Glimpses of Philip</strong></p><ul><li>Obeys Jesus' call to follow, and then introduces Nathanael to Jesus (John 1:43-46). When questioned, his reply was "Come and see."</li><li>Sensible assessment of the hungry crowd (John 6:5-7). Yet he sees the problem before he sees (by faith) the solution.<br /> </li><li>Introduces some Greeks to Jesus (John 12:21-23) -- natural, given his own Hellenic background.</li><li>Wants to see the Father, not quite realizing that whoever has seen the Son has seen the Father (John 14:5-9).</li><li>What kind of person was he?<ul><li>Level-headed</li><li>A people-person, possibly a networker</li><li>Spiritually thirsty yet sometimes missing the obvious (I think I'm not being unfair with this comment)</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Tomb discovery</strong></p><ul><li>Philip's tomb identified in Hierapolis, 2011. Read the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/27/tomb-st-philip-apostle-discovered-in-turkey/"><strong>Fox news</strong></a><strong> </strong>article.</li><li>He died somewhere between 80 and 90 AD.</