Appearance to the
Disciples
JN 20:19-23 or JN
15:26-27; 16:12-15
On
the evening of that first day of the week,
when
the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for
fear of the Jews,
Jesus
came and stood in their midst
and
said to them, "Peace be with you."
When
he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The
disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus
said to them again, "Peace be with you.
As
the Father has sent me, so I send you."
And
when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
"Receive
the Holy Spirit.
Whose
sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and
whose sins you retain are retained."