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Philip

Phillip the Evangelist

Mentioned AD 33–60 traditional (Jones)

One of the “seven” (Acts 6:5), called also “the evangelist” (21:8, 9). He was one of those who were “scattered abroad” by the persecution that arose on the death of Stephen.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in
16 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Philip: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Stories

5 events in which Philip takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 30Seven chosen to serveActs 6:1-7
  2. AD 31Philip preaches in SamariaActs 8:4-25
  3. AD 32Conversion of Ethiopian EunuchActs 8:26-40
  4. AD 50Third Missionary JourneyActs 18:24–20:16
  5. AD 54Voyage from Miletus to JerusalemActs 21:1-17

Places

Places named in the same verses as Philip, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Caesarea2
  2. likely location: Antioch1
  3. location unknown: Azotus1
  4. likely location: Gaza1
  5. likely location: Jerusalem1
  6. likely location: Samaria1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 8–85, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Philip’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Philip in 16 tagged verses in one book.

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  1. Acts16

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBPhilip 34
KJVPhilip 36
ASVPhilip 34

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Every verse

All 16 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts16 verses
  1. 6:5

    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

  2. 8:5

    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

  3. 8:6

    The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

  4. 8:12

    But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

  5. 8:13

    Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

  6. 8:26

    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

  7. 8:29

    The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

  8. 8:30

    So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

  9. 8:31

    “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

  10. 8:34

    “Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

  11. 8:35

    Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

  12. 8:37

    And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

  13. 8:38

    And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

  14. 8:39

    When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

  15. 8:40

    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

  16. 21:8

    Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

One of the “seven” (Acts 6:5), called also “the evangelist” (21:8, 9). He was one of those who were “scattered abroad” by the persecution that arose on the death of Stephen. He went first to Samaria, where he laboured as an evangelist with much success (8:5-13). While he was there he received a divine command to proceed toward the south, along the road leading from Jerusalem to Gaza. These towns were connected by two roads. The one Philip was directed to take was that which led through Hebron, and thence through a district little inhabited, and hence called “desert.” As he travelled along this road he was overtaken by a chariot in which sat a man of Ethiopia, the eunuch or chief officer of Queen Candace, who was at that moment reading, probably from the Septuagint version, a portion of the prophecies of Isaiah (53:6, 7). Philip entered into conversation with him, and expounded these verses, preaching to him the glad tidings of the Saviour. The eunuch received the message and believed, and was forthwith baptized, and then “went on his way rejoicing.” Philip was instantly caught away by the Spirit after the baptism, and the eunuch saw him no more. He was next found at Azotus, whence he went forth in his evangelistic work till he came to Caesarea. He is not mentioned again for about twenty years, when he is still found at Caesarea (Acts 21:8) when Paul and his companions were on the way to Jerusalem. He then finally disappears from the page of history.