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


In Context

19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, |Peace be to you.|

20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 Jesus therefore said to them again, |Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.|

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

23 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained.|

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:22And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

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 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: