Joh 20:22 | TNotes | STEP | 20:22 Jesus commissioned the disciples and then empowered them with the Holy Spirit . The Spirit had not been given previously because Jesus had not yet been glorified (7:39 ). The glorified Jesus, resplendent in his resurrected body, poured the Spirit on his followers. This gift fulfilled many promises that the Spirit would be sent (14:16 , 26 ; 15:26 ; 16:7 , 13 ). It foreshadows the arrival of the Spirit’s empowering presence at Pentecost (Acts 1:4-5 ; 2:1-47 ).

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‏ John 20:22

20:22 ^a Jesus commissioned the disciples and then empowered them with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not been given previously because Jesus had not yet been glorified (7:39 ^b). The glorified Jesus, resplendent in his resurrected body, poured the Spirit on his followers. This gift fulfilled many promises that the Spirit would be sent (14:16 ^c, 26 ^d; 15:26 ^e; 16:7 ^f, 13 ^g). It foreshadows the arrival of the Spirit’s empowering presence at Pentecost (Acts 1:4-5 ^h; 2:1-47 ⁱ).