John 20:21-23
Christian Standard Bible
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me,(A) I also send you.”(B) 22 After saying this, he breathed on them(C) and said,[a] “Receive the Holy Spirit.(D) 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”(E)
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- 20:22 Lit he breathed and said to them
John 20:21-23
Lexham English Bible
21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” 22 And when he[a] had said this, he breathed on them[b] and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins[c] of any, they are retained.”
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- John 20:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
- John 20:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 20:23 An understood repetition of the phrase from earlier in the verse
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