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John 20:22 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: "

John 20:22

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20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

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From This Chapter

John 20:1

"The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."

John 20:2

"Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him."

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"Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre."

John 20:4

"So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre."

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"And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in."

John 20:6

"Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,"

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