John 20:22

John 20:22
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Book	Gospel of John
Christian Bible part	New Testament

John 20:22 is the twenty-second verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. It records Jesus giving the Spirit to the disciples during his first appearance after the resurrection. Jesus gives Holy Spirit

Content

The original Koine Greek, according to the Textus Receptus, reads:^[1]

καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησεν καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Λάβετε πνεῦμα ἅγιον·

In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as:

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

The modern World English Bible translates the passage as:

When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!"

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:22

Analysis

The account of Jesus' first appearance in the Gospel of John (20:19-23; 21:13) shows similarity to the account in the Gospel of Luke (24:36–49), that it happened in Jerusalem in the evening of his resurrection from the dead.^[2]

"He breathed on them" is from one Greek word ἐνεφύσησεν, enephysēsen^[1] recalling Genesis 2:7.^[3]

"Received the Holy Spirit" is to equip the disciples for their missionary work (which is dependent on the mission of the Son as stated in verse 21).^[4] This represents a symbolic promise for the gift of the Spirit fifty days later at Pentecost (Acts 2).^[5] John Calvin (2. 205) notes that here the disciples were sprinkled with the grace of the Spirit, but not yet saturated with the full enduement of power until Acts 2.^[6] The giving of the Spirit at this time was linked with the forgiving on sins (verse 23).^[7]

References

1. Greek Text Analysis: John 20:22. Biblehub
2. Kieffer 2007, p. 997.
3. Coogan, Michael David (2007). Coogan, Michael David; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Newsom, Carol Ann; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 (Augmented 3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 180 New Testament. ISBN 9780195288810.
4. Kieffer 2007, pp. 997–998.
5. Köstenberger, Andreas J. (2004). John. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Vol. 4 (illustrated ed.). Baker Academic. p. 572. ISBN 9780801026447.
6. Carson, D. A. (1991). The Gospel According to John. Pillar New Testament commentary (reprint ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 650. ISBN 9780851117492.
7. Guthrie 1994, p. 1064.

Sources

• Guthrie, Donald (1994). "John". In Carson, D. A.; France, R. T.; Motyer, J. A.; Wenham, G. J. (eds.). New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition (4, illustrated, reprint, revised ed.). Inter-Varsity Press. pp. 1021–1065. ISBN 9780851106489.
• Kieffer, René (2007). "60. John". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 960–1000. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

External links

• Jesus Appears to His Disciples

Preceded by John 20:21

Gospel of John Chapter 20

Succeeded by John 20:23