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,
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
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,
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
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 20:22
Verse Info
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."
Names
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."