Philip the Sanhedrist
One of the sanhedrists friends of Lazarus. Supportive of Jesus, he comes as part of a delegation including Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, and Eleazar, opposing Jesus during the 3rd Passover.
However, he remains in the background and his friendship is discreet.
The authors of the Dictionary of the Characters of the Gospel, Salton Maria Valtorta suppose that he is joined to the group of the seventy-two Disciples at the great meeting of the five hundred on Mount Tabor and that it is to him that the resurrected Jesus says: "(Elijah, then Zechariah) come to me, take a place with The Seventy-Two Disciples (...). You too, Philip, and also you, his companion who no longer wants to be called by your name as it seems horrible to you[1]; take that of your father who is a righteous man, even if he is not yet among those who openly follow me."[2]
His name
Philip means in Greek "lover of horses" - Historical reference: the father of Alexander the Great.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 376 EMV 378
EMV 542 EMV 546
- ↑ The authors of the Dictionary of the Characters of the Gospel, Salton Maria Valtorta suppose this is Philip the sanhedrist, having reached the end of his faith journey, accompanied by his colleague Judas (Jude the sanhedrist) the assiduous one who does not want to bear the same name as the traitor. He would then have taken his father's name: Baba.
- ↑ EMV 634.14