Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit;
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.
Goodspeed New Testament
As he said this he breathed upon them, and said,
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:
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 Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you." 22 After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit; 23 If you remit any one's sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained."
Cross References
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with strange 'tongues' as the Spirit prompted their utterances.
Acts 2:38
"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:15
And they, on their arrival, prayed that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 3:2
Here is the one thing that I want to find out from you--Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obedience to Law, or of your having listened with faith?
John 7:39
(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)
John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth.
John 15:26
But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father--he will bear testimony to me;
John 16:7
Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.
Acts 4:8
On this, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke as follows: "Leaders of the people and Councillors,
Acts 10:47
"Can any one refuse the water for the baptism of these people, now that they have received the Holy Spirit as we did ourselves?"
Acts 19:2
"Did you, when you became believers in Christ, receive the Holy Spirit?" "No," they answered, "we did not even hear that there was a Holy Spirit."