...he breathed on them, land saith unto them, Receiva lye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain* they are retained. The Second Sunday after J-Mster. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only...

...heaven." And to the disciples at large, after his resurrection, John xx. 23. " Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. Christians, as members of civil society, owe obedience to the lawful magistrate, in civil...

...receive afterwards, and in greater measure. Accordingly it is added, " Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained." This may refer to the temporal pardon and punishment of men's sins. Or the meaning may...

...hadsaidthis,he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. § 152. Jesus appears to the Apostles, Thomas being present. 24 fl But Thomas,* one of...

...them and said, "Re. ceive ye the Holy Ghost ;" adding at the same time, " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose" soever sins ye retain^ they are retained,'1'' Then it was that the apostles were installed, as officers *ia "the kingdom of heaven...

...same power on " earth that Jesus had ; according to his words, H'hose fcbnxx. soever tins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 19. Hence saith the apostle to the Corinthians, *cor. ii. « To whom ye forgive any thing,...

...find the same power afterwards conferred on the disciples, John xx. 23. ' Whose soeyer sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained,' Matth. xi. 27. ' All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the...

...breathed on them, and saith unro them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Ver. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 2 Cor. ii.6. Sufficient to such a man is this pu*. nishment, which was inflicted of many....

...he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive 23 ye the Holy Spirit. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.* * It will be remembered that Mnry and others had provided spiecs to embalm the dead...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever...whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and...