ἀπὸ Βηθ. For the change of preposition see on John 11:1. The local knowledge displayed in this verse is very real. S. John would possess it; a writer in the second century would not, and would not care to invent. This is ‘Bethsaida of Galilee’ (John 12:21) on the western shore, not Bethsaida Julias (see on Matthew 4:13). In the Synoptists Philip is a mere name: our knowledge of him comes from S. John (see on John 1:42; John 6:7; John 12:21; John 14:8).

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