22And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.


In Context

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"

20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."

22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

24 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

John 20:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22And when he had said this, he breathed on [them,] and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:22When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22And having said this, he breathed into them, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, |Receive the Holy Spirit!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22and this having said, he breathed on them, and saith to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive you the Holy Ghost: