And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them,
Receive you the Holy Spirit:
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
And as He was the servant of God, so is He the Son of God, and Lord of the universe. And as He was spit upon ignominiously, so also did He breathe the Holy Spirit into His disciples.
