that the Spirit remained with Jesus (1:33), they understand that, as Jewish writings show, to be the beginning of God’s new and final creation.6 Schweizer offers in support of this claim a detailed study of the pneumatology of Jewish writings.7 One text in particular will illustrate, for our purposes, the allusive intentions of John. In Genesis 2:7 man becomes a living being because God breathes into him the ruach of life. It is clear what is being claimed then when, in John 20:22, Jesus breathes