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Philip, the half-brother of Philip the Tetrarch, and Herod Antipas who took Philip's wife, leading to John the Baptist's condemnation of their marriage.
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Philip (sometimes called Herod Philip I) was the son of Herod the Great and his fifth wife, Mariamne II. He was was not given any of his father's territory, unlike his brother his half brother Philip the Tetrach. Another half-brother, Herod Antipas, fell in love with Philip's wife Herodias, and married her, divorcing his first wife, the daughter of Aretas IV, king of the Nabataeans. John the Baptist condemned this marriage as unlawful, leading to his imprisonment and eventual execution (Mat.14.3-12; Mrk.6.17-29; Luk.3.19-20). The Gospels do not provide further details about Philip's life or his response to the events involving Herodias and Herod Antipas.
Part of: The Herods
Mark says Herod Antipas took Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. John said it was unlawful. Josephus names her first husband as another half-brother (also called Herod). The Philip in the Gospels is usually distinguished from the tetrarch Philip.
Sources: Scripture · Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
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Lover of horses. (1.) One of the twelve apostles; a native of Bethsaida, “the city of Andrew and Peter” (John 1:44). He readily responded to the call of Jesus when first addressed to him (43), and forthwith brought Nathanael also to Jesus (45, 46). He seems to have held a prominent place among the apostles (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; John 6:5-7; 12:21, 22; 14:8, 9; Acts 1:13). Of his later life nothing is certainly known. He is said to have preached in Phrygia, and to have met his death at Hierapolis. (2.) One of the “seven” (Acts 6:5), called also “the evangelist” (21:8, 9). He was one of those who were “scattered abroad” by the persecution that arose on the death of Stephen. He went first to Samaria, where he laboured as an evangelist with much success (8:5-13). While he was there he received a divine command to proceed toward the south, along the road leading from Jerusalem to Gaza. These towns were connected by two roads. The one Philip was directed to take was that which led through Hebron, and thence through a district little inhabited, and hence called “desert.” As he travelled along this road he was overtaken by a chariot in which sat a man of Ethiopia, the eunuch or chief officer of Queen Candace, who was at that moment reading, probably from the Septuagint version, a portion of the prophecies of Isaiah (53:6, 7). Philip entered into conversation with him, and expounded these verses, preaching to him the glad tidings of the Saviour. The eunuch received the message and believed, and was forthwith baptized, and then “went on his way rejoicing.” Philip was instantly caught away by the Spirit after the baptism, and the eunuch saw him no more. He was next found at Azotus, whence he went forth in his evangelistic work till he came to Caesarea. He is not mentioned again…
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3 verses in 3 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s G5376
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philipʼs wife,
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philipʼs wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brotherʼs wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
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