John, like the author of the first Gospel, is evidently ignorant of the Jewish method of reckoning time. He makes the evening (it was night) following the first day a part of that day instead of the next day to which it belonged.
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Did Thomas receive the Holy Ghost?
John: He did not. He was absent when the disciples received it ([xx, 19–25]).
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Who had Jesus said would send the Holy Ghost to his disciples?
“The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send” ([John xiv, 26]).
“I [Jesus] will send him unto you” ([xvi, 7]).