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John 20:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit! "
John 20:22
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20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
21 Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
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John 20:1
"Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb."
John 20:2
"Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”"
John 20:3
"Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb."
John 20:4
"They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first."
John 20:5
"Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in."
John 20:6
"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,"
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