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1 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | Brent Douglass | 2109 | ||
'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? |
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2 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | prayon | 2110 | ||
It is my understanding that in John 20:21-22 that Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon His disciples so that they could carry on His work. At Pentecost the Holy Spirit desended upon ALL bellievers in the form of "divided tongues, as of fire" to fulfill what John the Baptist said about baptizing with fire (Luke 3:16) and what Joel had prophesied in Joel 2:28-29 about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. |
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3 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | Brent Douglass | 2116 | ||
Thanks, prayon, for a well-thought-out response. In light of these passages, this seems logical. However, in another passage, Acts 1:1-8, Jesus was speaking specifically to the apostles when he "commanded them not to leave Jerusalem" (v.4) but wait until "you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you" (v.8) -- which would indicate that the apostles still needed the power that the Holy Spirit would give in order to be effective in spreading the Gospel: "and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth" (v.8). Clearly their empowerment was not yet complete. Either they hadn't yet received the Spirit, or there was additional empowerment needed for them specifically. |
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4 | When was the Holy Spirit first given? | Acts 2:1 | prayon | 2124 | ||
Excellent point. Perhaps He needed to give them a taste of the Holy Spirit so they could carry on His work after He ascended into Heaven until the proper time came. To fulfill the prophecy of John the Baptist He still needed to baptize with fire which He did at Pentecost. I tend to agree with your opinion that their empowerment was not complete. | ||||||