John 20:22-23

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

²² And when he had said this, he _l breathed on them and said to them, _m "Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ _n If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld."

1. Cross References
   Genesis 2:7
   Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 2:4
   And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
   John 7:39
   Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 16:19
   I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
   Matthew 18:18
   Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
   1 Corinthians 5:4 - 5
   When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus.