Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
- BSB Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
- NKJV Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
- NASB Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
- NLT Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
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Quick answer
Philip came from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. This common origin links the early disciples.
Overview
The note that Philip shared a hometown with Andrew and Peter explains the network of relationships through which the gospel first spread. Such geographic and personal details reflect authentic eyewitness recollection. They show God working through ordinary human connections to call the first followers of Jesus.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 12:21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
- Matt 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Mark 6:45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- Luke 10:13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Mark 3:18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
- Matt 10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
- Luke 9:10And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
- Mark 8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Acts 1:13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
- John 14:8–9Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
- Luke 6:14Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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