Joh 20:22 | RWP | e4.org | He breathed on them ( ενεφυσησεν ). First aorist active indicative of εμφυσαω , late verb, here only in N.T. though eleven times in the LXX and in the papyri. It was a symbolic art with the same word used in the LXX when God breathed the breath of life upon Adam ( ). It occurs also in . See Christ's promise in . Jesus gives the disciples a foretaste of the great pentecost. Receive ye the Holy Ghost ( λαβετε πνευμα αγιον ). Second aorist (ingressive) active imperative of λαμβανω . Note absence of article here ( πνευμα αγιον ) though το πνευμα το αγιον in . No real distinction is to be observed, for Holy Spirit is treated as a proper name with or without the article.

‏ John 20:22

He breathed on them ( ενεφυσησεν ). First aorist active indicative of εμφυσαω, late verb, here only in N.T. though eleven times in the LXX and in the papyri. It was a symbolic art with the same word used in the LXX when God breathed the breath of life upon Adam (Ge 2:7). It occurs also in Eze 37:9. See Christ's promise in Joh 16:23. Jesus gives the disciples a foretaste of the great pentecost.

Receive ye the Holy Ghost ( λαβετε πνευμα αγιον ). Second aorist (ingressive) active imperative of λαμβανω. Note absence of article here ( πνευμα αγιον ) though το πνευμα το αγιον in 14:26. No real distinction is to be observed, for Holy Spirit is treated as a proper name with or without the article.