philip the apostle & philip the evangelist

The Philip who was called an Apostle is recorded in Matthew 10:2-3; Mark 3:14-19; and Luke 6:13-16. These passages speak of the Apostles as "the twelve." Acts 6:2 speaks of "the twelve [who] called the multitude of the disciples unto them"; verse 3 tells us they said, "Look ye out AMONG YOU [not of the twelve] seven men." Verse 5 says one of them was Philip.
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We read in Acts, Chapter 8, when the persecution came to the church and many "were scattered abroad" (verse 4), verse 1 says "except the apostles." These "apostles" would have included Philip, who stayed in Jerusalem. Then, verse 5 speaks of a Philip who went down to Samaria and preached. Yet, verse 14 says, "When the apostles WHICH WERE AT JERUSALEM heard," indicating that this Philip was not the Apostle. He was the one Acts 21:8 refers to as "Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven."
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Also, the Thompson Chain Reference Bible refers to Philip the Apostle and Philip the Evangelist under two different reference numbers

From the October 2023 issue of The Gospel Trumpeter

Earl R. Borders