John 20:22

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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 of the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, that He may be with you forever;

"When the Advocate shall come, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father, He will testify concerning Me;

But I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away; for, if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but, if I go, I will send Him to you,

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, even as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

who, indeed, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

"Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who, indeed, received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

and he said to them, "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit, after having believed?" And they said to him, "Nay, we did not even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit."

This only do I wish to learn of you: Did ye receive the Spirit by works of law, or by the hearing of faith?