Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Trinity: Jesus Breathes on His Disciples

When Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection he did something strange; he breathed on them:

22 After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit."
(John 20:22)

Compare this to the creation account in Genesis 2:

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
(Gen 2:7)

To people familiar with the creation account, Jesus is putting himself in the position of God by breathing on his disciples.

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