John 20:22

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Summary

John 20:22

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

Receive

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Receive

And I will ask I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to remain with you to the end of the age;

"When the Helper comes whom I will send from the Father to you, the Spirit of truth that comes from the Father, He will testify to me.

Yet it is nothing but the truth I now tell you, that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come into close fellowship with you, but if I do go away, I will send Him to be in close fellowship with you.

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit granted them to utter divine things.

Then Peter, because he was filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders and elders of the people,

They came and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

"No one can refuse the use of water, can he, for these to be baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did ourselves?"

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "So far from that, we never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

I want to ask you only this one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by doing what the law commands, or by believing the message you heard?