PHILIP  , " the evangelist," is first mentioned in the Acts (vi . 5) as one of " the seven " who were chosen to attend to certain temporal affairs of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem in consequence of the murmurings of the Hellenists against the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews . After the martyrdom of See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen he went to " the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria," where he preached with much success, See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon Magus being one of his converts . He afterwards instructed and baptized the Ethiopian See also:

• EUNUCH (Gr. Evvoi3Xos)

eunuch on the road between Jerusalem and See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza; next he was " caught away " by the Spirit and " found at See also:

• AZOTUS

Azotus " (Ashdod), whence " passing through he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea " (Acts viii.) . Here some years after-wards, according to Acts xxi . 8, 9, where he is described as " the evangelist " (a See also:

• TERM

term found again in the New Testament only in Eph. iv . II; 2 Tim. iv . 5), he entertained See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul and his See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion on their way to Jerusalem; at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time " he had four daughters which did prophesy." At a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he came to be confounded with the apostle Philip (see above); the confusion was all the more easy because, as an esteemed member of the apostolic See also:

• COMPANY

company, he may readily have been described as an apostle in the wider sense of that word (see further See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon, Introd. to the New Testament, 7th ed., p . 313 sqq.) . A See also:

• LATE

late tradition describes him as settling at See also:

• TRALLES (mod. Giizel Hisser)

Tralles in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, where he be-came the overseer or ruler of the church . " Philip the See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon " is commemorated on the 6th of See also:

• JUNE

June .