Philip is in the Bible — twice over, and both men are remembered for the same thing: bringing somebody to Jesus and then getting out of the way. The name is Greek, Philippos, from philos, friend or lover, and hippos, horse. Friend of horses. What does the name Philip mean? Lover of horses. It was a Macedonian royal name long before it was a Christian one — Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, carried it — and…

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