John 1:44 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:44

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

BSB

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ASV

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

KJV

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Commentary

1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on John (1274)

This gives us the situation of the disciples he called: for they were from Bethsaida. And this is appropriate to this mystery. For "Bethsaida" means "house of hunters," to show the attitude of Philip, Peter and Andrew at that time, and because it was fitting …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

Let us observe, as we read these verses, how various are the paths by which souls are led into the narrow way of life. We are told of a man, named Philip, being added to the little company of Christ's disciples. He does not appear to have been moved, like Andrew and his companions, by the testimony of John the Baptist. He was not drawn, like Simon Peter, by the out-spoken declaration of a brother. He seems to have been called directly by Christ Himself, and the agency of man seems not to have been used in his calling.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦν	ēn	Was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Φίλιππος	Philippos	Philip	G5376 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
Βηθσαϊδά,	Bēthsaida	Bethsaida,	G966 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
πόλεως	poleōs	city	G4172 →
Ἀνδρέου	Andreou	of Andrew	G406 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Πέτρου.¶	Petrou	Peter.	G4074 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
leads to
- Matthew 2:2
  asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
- Luke 19:2–4
  And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
Through
Matthew 10:3
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
leads to
- Acts 1:13
  When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas…
- Mark 3:18
  Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
- Matthew 9:9
  As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- John 1:43–46
  The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
Through
Matthew 11:21
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
leads to
- Ezekiel 3:6–7
  not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
Through
Luke 10:13
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and…
leads to
- Isaiah 23:1–18
  This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John