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1 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Morant61 | 204703 | ||
Greetings Tam! Excellent question! I can't give you anything definitive, but I can suggest two possibilities. 1) John 20:22 may have been a foreshadowing of what was going to happen in Acts 2. Perhaps the disciples received here something that the rest of the church would not receive until Acts 2. 2) Or, another possibility, they did not in fact receive the Holy Spirit until Acts 2. Notice that the text of John 20:22 never specifically says that they received the Holy Spirit. Jesus commands them to, but the text does not specifically say that they did. If pressed, I would probably go with option 2. However, Scripture simply doesn't give us enough to answer the question dogmatically. :) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Tamara Brewington | 204731 | ||
Dear Tim, I understand we can't answer this dogamtically as to what exactly is meant by Jesus, not by us, that He was breathing, blowing in or on the Holy Spirit on them in terms of the scope of the what the results of that was for them. What, though do you think about the fact that Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on them, or blew in the Holy Spirit on them? I highly doubt that John meant that as a figurative language denoting a pledge or else he would have used different language to describe what Jesus did. John says Jesus blew in or out, or on, the Holy Spirit on them. As a literal interpretation Jesus did not command them in that passage to receive the Holy Spirit at all, He breathed Him on or in them, He didn't command them that. What He commnaded was to retain or forgive sins. Or are you saying He didn't blow on, or in, or out, the Holy Spirit on them as the text indicates as a literal interpretation? Happy 4th of July to you and your whole family. God Bless, Tamara |
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3 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Morant61 | 204734 | ||
Greetings Tam! Just for clarification, you wrote: "What, though do you think about the fact that Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on them, or blew in the Holy Spirit on them? I highly doubt that John meant that as a figurative language denoting a pledge or else he would have used different language to describe what Jesus did. John says Jesus blew in or out, or on, the Holy Spirit on them. As a literal interpretation Jesus did not command them in that passage to receive the Holy Spirit at all, He breathed Him on or in them, He didn't command them that. What He commnaded was to retain or forgive sins. Or are you saying He didn't blow on, or in, or out, the Holy Spirit on them as the text indicates as a literal interpretation?" The text never says that Jesus breathed anything on or in them. It simply says "He breathed on them". Secondly, He did command them. The word 'receive' is an imperative. Here is the complete text of the verse again. John 20:22 - "And with that He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit" Have a great 4th my friend, I have to get ready for work. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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