The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of [or 'from' apo (G575 )] Bethsaida. Possibly they came from the same quarter.
And desired ('requested' or 'prayed') him saying, Sir, we would see Jesus - certainly with far higher objects than Zaccheus (Luke 19:3). Perhaps our Lord was then in that part of the temple-court to which Gentile proselytes had no access. These men from the west, as Stier says, represent, at the end of Christ's life what the wise from the east represented at the beginning: only these come to the Cross of the King, while those came to His Manger.