John 20:23
If you grant selicha to the averos of any, they have selicha; if there be any whose averos you retain, they are retained. + 20:23 Mt 16:19; 18:18; Ac 8:17-24
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22And having said this, Moshiach breathed on them and says to them, Receive the Ruach Hakodesh.
24But T'oma, one of the Sheneym Asar, the one being called Didymus, was not with them when He came.
Cross References
Matthew 18:18Omein, I say to you, whatever you bind as asur (prohibited) on haaretz will have been bound in Shomayim, and whatever you permit as mutar on haaretz is mutar (permitted) in Shomayim.
Acts 2:38And Kefa said to them, Make teshuva (repentance, turning from chet to Hashem) and each of you submit to a tevilah of teshuva in the Shem of Yehoshua HaMoshiach, for the selichat avon of you, and you will receive the matanah of the Ruach Hakodesh.
Acts 13:38Let it be known, therefore, to you, Anashim Achim, that through this one, selicha (forgiveness) of chatta'im (averos [sins]) is proclaimed to you; and from all things of which by the Torah of Moshe Rabbenu you were not able to be justified,
2 Corinthians 2:6Sufficient to such a man was this onesh (penalty) by the roiv (majority),
1 Timothy 1:20Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to HaSatan, that they might be taught not to commit Chillul Hashem gidduf.
Matthew Henry on John 20:20-26
Christ with His Disciples. 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed… Read the whole commentary →