John 12:21

οὗτοι οὖν προσῆλθον φιλίππῳ, “these came therefore to Philip,” probably because they had learned that he knew their language; or, as indicated in the addition, τῷ … Γαλιλαίας, because they had seen him in Galilee. Their request to Philip was, Κύριε … ἰδεῖν. “Sir, we would see Jesus”; not merely to see Him, for this they could have managed without the aid of a disciple, but to interview the person regarding whom they found all Jerusalem ringing. Philip does not take the sole responsibility of this introduction on himself, because, since they, as Apostles, had been forbidden to go to the Gentiles, Philip might suppose that Jesus would decline to see these Greeks. He therefore tells Andrew (cf. John 1:44; John 6:7-8), his fellow-townsman, and together they venture to make known to Jesus the request.