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Philip the Evangelist
One of the seven deacons, who preached in Samaria and baptised the Ethiopian eunuch; distinct from the apostle Philip.
Where in scripture
ActsIn their own words — 1 recorded saying
“And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?” — Acts 8:30
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).
Journeys
Philip and the Ethiopian
One of the Seven, Philip preaches from Samaria down the desert road, where he baptises an Ethiopian official on his way home.
- Jerusalem · c. AD 34 — Scattered from Jerusalem by persecution
- Gaza — Meets the Ethiopian eunuch on the desert road
- Azotus — Caught away and found at Azotus
- Caesarea — Preaches on to Caesarea, where he settles
- Aksum — The eunuch carries the gospel home to Ethiopia
Places in their life
Photo: Godot13 — CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Photo: Jaber Jehad Badwan — CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Photo: The original uploader was אסף.צ at Hebrew Wikipedia. — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
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