Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

As he said this he breathed upon them, and said,

New American Standard Bible

And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

International Standard Version

When he had said this, he breathed on them and told them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

A Conservative Version

And after saying this, he breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye Holy Spirit.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

An Understandable Version

Upon saying this, Jesus breathed on the disciples and said to them, "[Be willing to] receive the Holy Spirit." [Note: This "breathing" served as a pledge of the Holy Spirit which actually came on these apostles a few weeks later. See Acts 1:5-8; 2:4].

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

Common New Testament

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "receive ye the holy spirit.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

And saying this, He breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

John Wesley New Testament

And having said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

Julia Smith Translation

And having said this, he inspired, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:

King James 2000

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive you the Holy Spirit:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [when he] had said this, he breathed on [them] and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Modern King James verseion

And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when he had said that, he breathed on them, and said unto them, "Receive the holy ghost.

Moffatt New Testament

And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit!

Montgomery New Testament

When he had said this he breathed upon them and said:

NET Bible

And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

New Heart English Bible

When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Noyes New Testament

And having said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

Sawyer New Testament

And having said this he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

The Emphasized Bible

And, this, saying, he breathed strongly, and saith unto them - Receive ye Holy Spirit: -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And so speaking, he breathed on them, and said, Receive the Holy Ghost:

Twentieth Century New Testament

After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit;

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Having said this He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Williams New Testament

On saying this, He breathed upon them, and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

And, having said this, He breathed upon them, and said to them, "Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

Worsley New Testament

And when He said this, He breathed upon them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the holy Spirit:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232

he breathed on
ἐμφυσάω 
Emphusao 
breathe on
Usage: 1

them, and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

Receive ye
λαμβάνω 
lambano 
receive, take, have, catch, not tr,
Usage: 178

the Holy
G40
ἅγιος 
Hagios 
Usage: 209

Context Readings

Jesus Appears To The Disciples

21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you." 22 As he said this he breathed upon them, and said, 23 "Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

Cross References

Acts 2:4

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

Acts 8:15

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

Galatians 3:2

This is all I want to ask you: Did you receive the Spirit through doing what the Law commands, or through believing the message you heard?

John 7:39

He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always.

John 15:26

When the Helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father??hat Spirit of Truth that comes from the Father??e will bear testimony to me,

John 16:7

Yet it is only the truth when I tell you that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you, but if I go I will send him to you.

Acts 4:8

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

Acts 10:47

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

Acts 19:2

he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit."

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