John 20:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

John 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whose soever sins ... - See the notes at Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 18:18 . It is worthy of remark here that Jesus confers the same power on all the apostles. He gives to no one of them any specia...
John 20:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained. (6) The publishing of the forgiveness of sins by faith in Christ, and the setting...
John 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming to the Disciples. The first Christian Sunday is spent in Jerusalem, where the disciples are in hiding. The interpretation of Mark 14:50 as implying an immediate flight of the apostles...
John 20:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sins . App-128. remit. Greek. aphiemi. Always translated elsewhere "forgive", when sins or debts are referred to. This authority bestowed upon the apostles and others continued in force with ot...
John 20:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. To all whose sins you shall remit. Here, unquestionably, our Lord has embraced, in a few words, the sum of the Gospel; for we must not separate this power of forgiving sins from the offi...
John 20:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1731 INSPIRATION AND AUTHORITY OF THE APOSTLES John 20:21-23 . Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said th...
John 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. Whose soever sins ye remit - See the notes on Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 18:18 . It is...
John 20:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When he had said this, he breathed on them,— St. Luke, Luke 24:35 informs us, that the disciples from Emmaus told their brethren on this occasion, what things were done in the way. Among the rest...
John 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye...
John 20:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Resurrection 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; fo...
John 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them... — Comp. for the “power of the keys,” the Notes on Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 18:18 . Assuming what has there been said, it will be sufficie...
John 20:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXIII. THOMAS' TEST. "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in...
John 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Risen Christ Brings Peace John 20:19-25 Evidently our Lord was clothed in the spiritual body of which the Apostle speaks, not subject to the laws governing physical life. Twice He uttered t...
John 20:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, a...
John 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. (19) Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors...
John 20:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE REMISSION OF SINS ‘Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.’ John 20:23 Twice in the old life before the Passion was t...
John 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whose soever sins ye remit ,.... God only can forgive sins, and Christ being God, has a power to do so likewise; but he never communicated any such power to his apostles; nor did they ever assume an...
John 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. Ver. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, &c. ] Remission of sin is the chief benef...
John 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said Jesus again, Peace be unto you This is the foundation of the mission of a true gospel minister; peace in his own soul, in consequence of his having received pardoning mercy from God throu...
John 20:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incr...
John 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ with His Disciples. 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the d...
John 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whether Matthew 18:18 be a parallel text to this, I doubt: See Poole on " Matthew 18:18 " . Our Lord here speaks of the sins of persons, Whose soever sins remit, & c.; he saith there, Wha...
John 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Appears To All The Apostles Apart From Thomas ( John 20:19-23 ).
John 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 20:19 . Evening of that day. — I.e. the day on which our Lord rose from the dead.— When the doors were shut. —St. John notices this fact, not only to show ho...
John 20:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 20:15-23 Next to the absence of all notice of our Lord's mother, few things are more remarkable in the narrative of the period after the resurrection, than the silence respecting John. I. Jo...
John 20:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 20:11-12 . But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and th...
John 20:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 20:2 . They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre. After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that Jo...
John 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then the same day at evening The first Lord’s Day evening I. THE ANXIOUS COMPANY. The twelve, with the exception of Judas and Thomas, were gathered and kept together by a community of interest...
John 20:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION John 20:1-43 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the gre...
John 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Two Appearances to the Assembled Disciples. On the evening of Easter Day:
John 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:4 ; 1 Timothy 1:20 ; 2 Corinthians 2:6-10 ; Acts 10:43 ; Acts 13:38 ; Acts 13:39 ; Acts 2:38 ; Ephesians 2:20 ; Mark 2:5-10 ; Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 18:18
John 20:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ John 20:1-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wra...
John 20:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whose soever sins ye remit — (According to the tenor of the Gospel, that is, supposing them to repent and believe) they are remitted, and whose soever sins ye retain (supposing them to remain impen...

John 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 20:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 20:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 20:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 20:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 20:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 20:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 20:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 20:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 20:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 20:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 20:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 20:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 20:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 20:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 20:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 20:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes