Philip was the apostle from Bethsaida, the same Galilean town associated with Peter and Andrew.
The Gospel of John identifies Philip as being from Bethsaida and links the town with Andrew and Peter. John also presents Philip as one of the earliest disciples called by Jesus, and Philip soon brought Nathanael to meet him.
Philip appears especially often in John’s Gospel. He is involved in the feeding of the five thousand, meets Greek visitors who want to see Jesus, and asks Jesus to show the disciples the Father. The other Gospels mainly list him among the Twelve without giving many biographical details.
A common mix-up is Philip the apostle versus Philip the Evangelist, another early Christian figure named in Acts. Bethsaida itself was a fishing settlement near the Sea of Galilee, fitting the occupational background associated with Peter and Andrew. Later traditions connect the apostle Philip with missionary work and martyrdom in Asia Minor, but those details are less certain than his New Testament connection to Bethsaida.