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    3 others in the registry answer to the name Philip. Every Philip in the Bible

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    Philip

    Φίλιππος

    Philip, one of the seven deacons chosen by the early church in Jerusalem, who preached the gospel in Samaria and baptized an Ethiopian eunuch.

    verses
    16
    first named
    Acts 6:5
    last named
    Acts 21:9
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Philip?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Philip was one of the seven men chosen by the early church in Jerusalem to serve as deacons, responsible for the daily distribution of food to widows (Act.6.5). After the martyrdom of Stephen, a great persecution arose against the church, and the believers were scattered. Philip went to Samaria and preached the gospel, performing miracles and casting out unclean spirits (Act.8.4-8). Many Samaritans believed and were baptized, including Simon the sorcerer (Act.8.9-13).

    Philip was then directed by an angel to go south on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, where he encountered an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians (Act.8.26-28). The eunuch was reading from the book of Isaiah, and Philip explained to him the good news about Jesus (Act.8.29-35). The eunuch believed and was baptized by Philip (Act.8.36-38). After this, Philip was miraculously transported by the Spirit to Azotus, and he continued preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea (Act.8.39-40).

    Later, Philip is mentioned as one of the "seven" and referred to as "Philip the evangelist" (Act.21.8). He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy (Act.21.9). Paul and his companions stayed with Philip in Caesarea during Paul's final journey to Jerusalem (Act.21.8-16).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Philip10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Philip, in 2 groups: company 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausTook part in · 2 versesCompanyJesus2 events · 1,160 versesWater1 event · 230 versesTown1 event · 67 versesAshdod1 event · 21 versesCaesarea2 events · 15 versesStephen1 event · 7 versesSimon1 event · 5 versesNicanor1 event · 1 verseNicolaus1 event · 1 verseEventsPhilip

    The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Philip happensAll 3 places the claims about Philip reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Caesarea, Ashdod, Samaria. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Philip there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CaesareaAshdodSamaria
    the New TestamentAll 3 places the claims about Philip reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 16, across 1 book.

    1. Acts16 verses

      6:58:58:68:128:138:268:298:308:318:348:358:378:388:398:4021:8

    One address is attested in the Hebrew or Greek and printed by no verse of the edition carried here, so it has no page to link to.

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausNicanorOne of seven deaconsvia Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausNicolausProselyte chosen as deaconvia Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausParmenasOne of the seven deaconsvia Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausProchorusOne of the seven deacons in Jerusalemvia Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausSelectionSelection is a concept gathering 19 labelled instances in the text.via Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausStephenOne of seven deacons, full of faith, performed miracles, martyred.via Disciples’ selection of Seven Men, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and NicolausTimonOne of the seven chosen to serve the church

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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