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NASB | Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place, |
Bible Question:
'So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, ""Receive the Holy Spirit.' John 20:21-22 Did Jesus first give the Holy Spirit here in John 20:22, or over a month later at Pentecost? If not until Pentecost, what exactly did Jesus do when he breathed on his followers after his resurrection and told them to receive his Spirit? If Jesus first gave the Spirit here, what exactly happened at Pentecost? |
Bible Answer: Hi Brent Douglas, I would like to say "Good Morning" to this one because I hadn't read it before. You've had a good discussion but I'd like to enter a thought. I liked the comparison of Gen 2:7 and John 20:23 that charis brought to mind. God breathed into them the breath of Life. And here in John He breathes in new Life of forgiveness from sins. I see it as more of a contrast but it shows that Jesus is the Life as well as the Way and the Truth. Another thought concerning Spirit-breathed life is the fact that the scriptures were Spirit breathed. Could it be that here is where the scriptures were Spirit-breathed in the sense that the disciples realized here the message of their Savior, the message that they are being sent out with, that, "If *You forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if *You retain the sins of any, they have been retained." This is the holy spirit of the scriptures. But only One ultimately forgives sins, and they knew who this One was, for they said "We have seen the (Lord)" Even Thomas said a few verses later, "My (Lord) and my God." John 20:31, "...but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in (His) name." |