John 20:23

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.

Complete Jewish Bible:

If you forgive someone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you hold them, they are held.”

Berean Standard Bible:

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

American Standard Version:

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Whose^{G5100} soever^{G302} sins^{G266} ye remit^{G863}, they are remitted^{G863} unto them^{G846}; and whose^{G5100} soever^{G302} sins ye retain^{G2902}, they are retained^{G2902}.

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Commentary for John 20:23

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: G5100
   There are 419 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: τὶς
   Transliteration: tìs
   Pronunciation: tis
   Description: an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
   
2. Strong's Number: G302
   There are 241 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: ἄν
   Transliteration: án
   Pronunciation: an
   Description: a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contracted for ἐάν.
   
3. Strong's Number: G266
   There are 190 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: ἁμαρτία
   Transliteration: hamartía
   Pronunciation: ham-ar-tee'-ah
   Description: from ἁμαρτάνω; a sin (properly abstract):--offence, sin(-ful).
   
4. Strong's Number: G863
   There are 133 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: ἀφίημι
   Transliteration: aphíēmi
   Pronunciation: af-ee'-ay-mee
   Description: from ἀπό and (to send; an intensive form of , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
   
5. Strong's Number: G846
   There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: αὐτός
   Transliteration: autós
   Pronunciation: ow-tos'
   Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
   
6. Strong's Number: G2902
   There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: κρατέω
   Transliteration: kratéō
   Pronunciation: krat-eh'-o
   Description: from κράτος; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively):--hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).