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- At His Ascension, Jesus told the apostles not to start on their mission of making disciples of all nations until they received “power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8). This helps us see that Jesus’ action of breathing on them on Resurrection Day was an initiation into the Holy Spirit, not the fullness they were meant to have.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. During one of His post-resurrection appearances to the disciples, Jesus declared to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). Then, in the next verse, “He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22).
It's very clear here that Jesus was giving the Holy Spirit: John 20:22 (NIV) And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. It seems most likely that this breathing was Jesus giving them eternal life in the form of the Holy Spirit.
Jun 11, 2015 · "The Holy Spirit will remind you everything I (Jesus) have said." Understanding that the apostles received the Holy Spirit on the day of the Pentecost, crosses out the idea that Jesus gave them Holy Spirit before then by breathing onto them. But it still leaves the question, what was it all about?
Mar 19, 2020 · When Jesus, God the Son, breathed on his disciples, he didn’t say, “Comprehend the Holy Spirit.” He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” For in receiving the Holy Spirit, they — and we — also receive the indwelling of the Father and the Son, or as Paul says, “all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19).
Dec 8, 2018 · Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Jesus said, “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” Jesus’ first words to the gathering of the disciples were “Peace be with you.” He said this twice.
May 10, 2015 · In John 20, Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon the disciples, but later in Acts we find Pentecost. In which moment did the disciples receive the Holy Spirit?
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