Abstract
John 20:22 has always caused major interpretative problems for scholars because of its obscurity. The majority of Johannine scholarship interprets 20:22 as the so-called ‘Johannine Pentecost’, parallel to Acts 2. Others use 20:22 to support the Pentecostal position. We disagree with both views and put forward a new proposal, which contributes to a better understanding of 20:22 in four ways. First, we understand 19:30 in relation to 20:22, in that the proleptic giving of the Spirit at the cross foreshadows the actual giving of the Spirit on the resurrection evening. Second, we interpret 20:22 relationally, in that the disciples receive a new relationship with the Spirit that secures and sustains the disciples’ salvation. Third, the eschatological conditions for the reception of the Spirit (7:39 and 16:7) refer to two distinct events, namely to the start and the end of Jesus’ glorification. Fourth, we give a plausible account for the missiological cotext of 20:22.
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