In Acts 5:3-4, Peter says: "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in you... »
128 Book Reviews Esther E. Acolatse,Power, Principalities, and the Spirit: Biblical realism in Africa and the West (Grand Rapids,MI: William E. Eermans Publishing Company,... »
From Luke's GOSPEL I am asking last word of Jesus at the cross: Luke 23:46 - Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last. »
After the resurrection in John's gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit." What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them? Edit: Ma... »