Don't forget the bunch in
John 20:16-22. Perhaps we are also confusing the 'receiving' of the Holy Ghost with the 'gift' of the Holy Ghost. This can be looked at two ways. (1) the Holy Ghost 'being given' by God as a gift, or (2) The Holy Ghost 'providing the gift', such as the promised power.
Also, there is a difference between the Holy Ghost being in a particular person by the will of God, and the Spirit being available after Pentecost (the feast of Shavu'ot) for all mankind.
Also note that sometimes the writers/translators talk about the Spirit be on or upon someone and also meaning that the Spirit is within. See
Isaiah 42:1, 59:21;
Nehemiah 9:30 and
John 3:31-35. Also compare
Nehemiah 9:30 and
Luke 4:18 .
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