John 20:23 meaning and explanation
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
John 20:23, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Jesus speaks these words to the gathered disciples on the evening of the resurrection, just after breathing on them and saying, Receive the Holy Spirit. The commission is tied to the Spirit and to the mission he has just given them, sent as the Father sent him.
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