And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
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Gill's Exposition
And when he had said this,.... That is, declared he sent them forth in like manner as his Father sent him:
he breathed on them; in allusion to God's breathing the breath of life into man, at his…
Barnes' Notes
He breathed on them - It was customary for the prophets to use some significant act to represent the nature of their message. See Jer. 13; Jer. 18, etc. In this case the act of breathing was used to…
Adam Clarke
He breathed on them - Intimating, by this, that they were to be made new men, in order to be properly qualified for the work to which he had called them; for in this breathing he evidently alluded to…
The infallible proof of Christ's resurrection was his showing himself alive, Act 1:3. In these verses, we have an account of his first appearance to the college of the disciples, on the day on which…
Cambridge Bible
he breathed on them The very same Greek verb (here only in N.T.) is used by the LXX. in Gen 2:7 (Wis 15:11) of breathing life into Adam. This Gospel of the new Creation looks back at its close, as at…
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