Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he breathed on them--a symbolical conveyance to them of the Spirit.
and saith, Receive ye the Holy Ghost--an earnest and first-fruits of the more copious Pentecostal effusion.
JESUS APPEARS TO THE ASSEMBLED DISCIPLES. (John 20:19-23)
the same day at evening, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus--plainly not by the ordinary way of entrance.
and saith unto them Peace be unto you--not the mere wish that even His own exalted peace might be theirs (John 14:27), but conveying it into their hearts, even as He "opened their understandings to understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 2:7
Job 32:8
Song of Solomon 5:16
Mark 16:15
John 20:19-23
Acts 1:2
Acts 1:2
Acts 1:15-26
Acts 2:2
Acts 20:28
1 Corinthians 5:4
Revelation 1:10
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