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NASB | John 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 20:22 And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. [Acts 1:8; 2:1-3] |
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: they were indewelt...receiving the Holy Spirit...it brought knowledge of christ into their collective lives...just as it has done with each subsequent believer...they were brought into a definitive perfect relationship with the Christ...nothing else can explain what happened in ACTS or in all the believers since...In John 20:22 it was a temporaryinfilling designed to encourage them until Pentacost... |