Breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

Breath is the symbol of life. God breathes into man the breath of life (Genesis 2:7), and Christ breathed upon his apostles as. symbol of the impartation of the Holy Spirit.. suppose that he imparted. measure of the Spirit at this time to guide and strengthen them during this preparatory period, but the baptism of the Spirit, "the power from on high," was not imparted until the day of Pentecost, after the Lord ascended.

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