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I asked you " to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit is that what Jesus gave when he breathed on them in
John 20:22 or in
Acts 2:38?"
you said :
"yeah that’s why Jesus told them to wait until they received the holy spirit that he had preached to them in the gospel that they would receive later at pentocost … "
When Jesus appeared to them and said in John 20:21-22
“Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
In the Gospel of Luke chapter 24:36-39; 44-49
6 Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.” 37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. 38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”
44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 And you are witnesses of these things.
49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry (wait)in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Jesus, in both John and Luke, says something significant concerning the Holy Spirit. Many did not think it was done or happened until the day of Pentacost in Acts chapter 2.
In John chapter 20, Jesus, as resurrected Lord, said to the disciples, "Peace be unto you" and Breathed on them. In Greek, this "Breated" is
emphysaō to blow or breathe upon, which is translated into the meaning
pneuma, which is the Holy Spirit contextually.
The effect of this The Gospel of Luke says Jesus opened up their understanding of the scriptures. Luke 24:45
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
Because they were able to comprehend the Scriptures concerning The Lord Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, which is a Gospel message, They had to have the Help of the Holy Spirit as Jesus said, and the Scriptures confirmed as Jesus breathed on them to receive the Holy Spirit "Pneuma" and after doing this, their understanding was open they had the Holy Spirit. That is what the text states.
Jesus said very clearly that the Empowerment of the Holy Spirit was to give them the ability to be a witness of the Resurrected Lord.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”