PHILIP

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.  Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.  (Acts 8:5)

Philip was a common Greek name, Φίλιππος (Philippos) a compound of philos and hippos, it meant ‘lover (of) horses’, and features several times in the New Testament.  Matthew (14:3) tells us that Herod the Tetrarch’s brother was called Philip and also that one of the twelve disciples is a Philip (10:3).

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