“When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit!”
John 20:22 (WEB)
Context Reading
20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus therefore said to them again,“Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 22When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit! 23If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.” 24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus,wasn’t with them when Jesus came.