John 20:22

Acts 10:47; Acts 19:2; Acts 2:38; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:8; Acts 8:15; Ezekiel 37:9; Galatians 3:2; Genesis 2:7; Job 33:4; John 14:16; John 15:26; John 16:7; Psalms 33:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He breathed on them - It was customary for the prophets to use some significant act to represent the nature of their message. See Jeremiah 13 ;...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

breathed on . Greek. emphusao. Only here in N.T., but used in the Septuagint in Genesis 2:7 for the Hebrew word naphah, to breathe, or blow wi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. He breathed on them. Not one of the sons of men is qualified for discharging so difficult an office, and, therefore, Christ prepares the...
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 se...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had said this, he breathed on them , and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: He breathed on them - Intimating, by this, that the...
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: And when he had said this, he breathed on the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Jesus appears in the evening to the disciples: see Luke 24:36 ; ( Mark 16:14 ). According to St. Mark, Jesus appeared 'to the eleven as they sat a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Breathed on them ] The word for 'breath' and 'spirit' is the same in Gk. By this action our Lord showed how closely the Holy Spirit is connected w...
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 w...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 a...
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 evenin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had said this ,.... That is, declared he sent them forth in like manner as his Father sent him: he breathed on them ; in allusion to G...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had said this, he breathed on them , and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Ver. 22. He breathed on them, and saith, &c...
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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ with His Disciples. 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostles could not but be apprehensive how great a work their Lord had laid upon them, in sending them as his Father had sent him, to carry the g...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Appears To All The Apostles Apart From Thomas ( John 20:19-23 ).
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when He had said this He breathed on them, and says to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”. Jesus now in a very real act of power endues the Apostl...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Related Commentaries of John 20:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 20:22