22 And when he had said that, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive the holy Ghost.

23 [a]Whosoever’s sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them: and whosoever’s sins ye retain, they are retained.

24 [b]But Thomas one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:23 The publishing of the forgiveness of sins by faith in Christ, and the setting forth and denouncing the wrath of God in retaining the sins of the unbelievers, is the sum of the preaching of the Gospel.
  2. John 20:24 Christ draweth out of the unbelief of Thomas, a certain and sure testimony of his resurrection.

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