To be witnesses of Jesus
When Jesus breathed on his disciples, he was symbolically imparting the Holy Spirit to them. This act showed that he was giving them the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit to help them in their mission to spread his teachings and establish the early Christian church.
In John 20:17, on Resurrection morning, Jesus had Mary go and tell the disciples He was returning to the Father. That night, He appeared to them in the Upper Room and invested them with the Holy Spirit. (John 20:22) During the day He had been to Heaven and returned. I believe He was sprinkling His blood on the altar in Heaven in His final act of atonement as our High Priest (Hebr. 9:11-12) . During the next 40 days He taught them about God's Kingdom. Then, as He was leaving Earth, He told them to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came upon them in power. (Acts 1:8) This was a special manifestation of the Holy Spirit that resulted in the birth of the Church, but the Holy Spirit had dwelt within them since the night of the Resurrection.
In the Gospel of John, Jesus breathed on his apostles to give them the Holy Spirit and empower them for their mission to spread the good news of salvation. This act symbolized the giving of the Holy Spirit and the commissioning of the apostles to carry out their ministry.
Theses verses tell about the coming of the HS when the believers were meeting together at Pentecost, after Jesus had returned to heaven. Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Act 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Act 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Pentecost is seven weeks after Easter Sunday. The festival marks the gift of the holy spirit of Christ to his followers after his resurrection. Christians decorate their churches with lots of white and red. Red is the colour of flames and it is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. White is for goodness and it's the time for new Christians to do baptism at Pentecost this is known as the White Sunday or Whit Sunday. People also sing songs about the Holy Spirit. Some churches celebrate with a service full of flags to help them think or remember about the wind and flames of the Holy Spirit and also some churches go on Whit walks. This is to show everyone that they believe in Jesus. Christians believe that Pentecost was the time that God sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples. This helped them to be brave and strong and to tell people about Jesus. Christians believe that God has promised to send the Holy Spirit to help anyone who asks Jesus to forgive them for all the things that they have done wrong. People feel very happy because it's like a birthday for a church. In the bible Act 2 verse 38 it says "And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit". Holy Spirit helps the people to be like Jesus. Jesus left his friends to go back to heaven and he promised them that he would send a helper to be with them but nobody understand what he meant by that. One day all the friends were together in a room. They were feeling very sad and lonely. Then all of a sudden the room got filled with the sound of a rushing wind, then something that looked like flames of fire came and settled over each person's head. They all felt different, then they all came out and told people about it and everybody understand them even tough they were speaking different languages. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them. I n act 2 verses 1 it says "All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them". Peter was no longer frightened or sad or lonely. He stood up and told everyone about Jesus and about the Holy Spirit and lots people believed him.
In the Gospel of Luke, the act of Jesus breathing on the disciples symbolizes the giving of the Holy Spirit and empowers them for their mission to spread the teachings of Jesus and establish the early Christian church. This act signifies the disciples' commission to carry out their mission with the guidance and strength of the Holy Spirit.
The sacrament of confirmation
The act of Jesus breathing on them in the Bible symbolizes the giving of the Holy Spirit to his disciples, empowering them for their mission to spread his teachings and establish the Christian faith.
Jesus died on Passover, Nisan 14, was resurrected to earth on Nisan 16, and remained 40 days before his ascension to heaven. Just before he ascended to heaven, he promised he would send the Holy Spirit. ( Acts 1:1-9) With this new ability, provided by the Holy Spirit, they were to preach to the whole world (Matthew 28:19&20)Sometime after Jesus had gone to heaven, and 'presented his life as a sacrifice to God' (Hebrews 9:11-14), the Spirit, as promised, was poured out at Pentecost. Acts 2:1-4Afterward, Peter said: " Therefore because he was exalted to the right hand of God and received the promised holy spirit from the Father, he has poured out this which YOU see and hear "(Acts 2:33) (referring to the languages they were now able to speak&the abilities they now had).This reminded the people that this was the Spirit promised by Jesus, that would be sent after he'd ascended to his father.(John 14:28, 16:28)History: For many many years, to prefigure the coming of Messiah, on the Jewish month of Nisan 14 the Jewish nation celebrated Passover. On Nisan 16, they observed the 'Barley Harvest'. (Leviticus 23:15, 16)50 Days afterward, they celebrated Pentecost (which means Fiftieth Day).Later, in the Christian era, Nisan 14 was when Jesus died. Nisan 16 was when Jesus was raised from the dead,and Pentecost was when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the 120 disciples in the upper room, and they were able to preach 'the Good News of God's Kingdom" to people in different languages.
Pentecost. Act 2:1 - 4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Scripture is not clear as to whether only the twelve apostles were in the upper room or whether the 120 disciples mentioned in the first chapter of Acts were all there. Some people argue one way and some people the other; however, it is not really exactly clear, in my opinion.
Jesus was baptized by John in the river Jordan, but the holy spirit descended on him in the form of a dove.