The day following Jesus went forth into Galilee, and found Philip, and said unto him,
Follow me.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
For the voice of Christ sounded not like a common voice to some, that is, the faithful, but kindled in their inmost soul the love of Him. Philip having been continually meditating on Christ, and reading the books of Moses, so confidently expected Him, that the instant he saw, he believed. Perhaps too he had heard of Him from Andrew and Peter, coming from the same district; an explanation which the Evangelist seems to hint at, when he adds, Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
He was bred up there: the place of His birth could not have been known generally, but all knew that He was bred up in Nazareth.
