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John 20:22
22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and * said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
| * | A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses. |
John 20:22 — The New International Version (NIV)
22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — English Standard Version (ESV)
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John 20:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)
22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — New Century Version (NCV)
22 After he said this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — American Standard Version (ASV 1901)
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
John 20:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
22 And having said this, he breathed into them, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:
John 20:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
22 After he had said this, he breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
22 After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 — New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
22 He then breathed on them. He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
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