John 1:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

All this while Christ seemeth to have been in Judea, which was the most famous province. The day after Peter had thus been with him, he had a mind to go into Galilee; out of that he designed to choose his disciples; and that being the country where he had been educated, he designed in a more special manner to honour it with the first fruit of his public ministry. There findeth Philip (the name signifieth, a lover of horses). He calleth him to be his disciple.

John 1:43

43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him,Follow me.