• Philip in scripture

    • Named among the twelve

      • In initial naming – Matthew 10:1-4

      • In Jerusalem awaiting the Holy Spirit – Acts 1:13

      • Included whenever apostles grouped

        • The twelve

        • The apostles

        • Throughout New Testament

      • John 1:43-46

        • Jesus found him in Galilee

        • He was from Bethsaida

        • Philip was convinced that Jesus was the Messiah

        • Familiar with the Law and the Prophets

        • Told a friend about Jesus

        • Took his friend to show him

      • John 12:20-23

        • Greek Jews come to Philip

        • Told Andrew

        • They told Jesus

      • John 14:6-10

        • Philip replies to Jesus

        • “Show us the Father”

        • Jesus declares His oneness with the Father

      • John 6:1-7

        • Jesus asked Philip how much bread it would take

        • Philip quoted a price – about $25,000

        • Said that would not be sufficient

      • Acts 6:5; 8; 21:8

        • Some believe this Philip to be Philip the apostle

        • Acts 6:4; 8:9-19 contradict that idea

      • No other mention of Philip in scripture

    • Philip in history and tradition

      • The name of Philip

        • Greek name meaning horse lover

        • Philip of Macedonia: horse lover

        • Philip the Tetrarch over Galilee

          • Resided in Caesarea some of the time

          • Rebuilt the city, named it Caesarea Philippi

      • Identity confusion

        • Many hold that Philip the apostle = Philip the evangelist

        • Makes tracking the traditions and history difficult

      • Why the confusion

        • Papias’ writings

        • Term “apostle” often used differently

          • The seventy of Luke 10:1, 17 often called apostles

          • Galatians 1:19; Acts 14:14

        • Some apocryphal writings

          • Gospel of Philip – gnostic in nature

          • Acts of Philip

          • Letter from Peter to Philip

        • Both martyred in Heiropolis

        • Much about Philip the evangelist confused as a result

      • At some point, went to Phrygia

        • Brought his sister Mariamne and Bartholomew

        • Healed Stachys, a blind man, and stayed in his house

        • By prayer, caused a serpent idol to die

        • Converted proconsul’s wife, enraging proconsul

        • All three condemned to die

          • Hanging inverted or upside-down crucifixion
        • Proconsul relented

          • Saved Mariamne and Bartholomew

          • Too late for Philip

        • Heiropolis mentioned by Paul – Colossians 4:13

      • Philip buried in tomb in Heiropolis

        • Excavations in 2011 found a tomb

        • Inscriptions and symbology indicate Christian

        • Name of Philip and indication of apostleship

        • No bones there

          • Taken to Istanbul in the 3rd century

          • Later taken to Rome