John 20
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John 20 is read by Scott Hamilton. Scott is self-employed doing A/V services and computer repair. He has been married 13 years and has 3 kids. He and his family live in Houston, where they are hoping to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Rita. Scott attends The Open Door, where he occasionally helps out with A/V.
September 28th, 2005 at 9:30 am
While listening to John 20 I heard “and after Jesus had said this, he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the holy spirit…’” Does anyone know if John is intending to mean that the disciples received the Holy Spirit at this point, or later where in Acts 2 the Spirit is given at Pentecost?
September 28th, 2005 at 11:09 am
The NET bible has some wonderful translation and commentary notes available online. This is a link to the note for that verse in John 20:
http://www.bible.org/netbible/joh20_notes.htm#2037