ContradictionsReading order 515Bible context 2 min read
Who sent the Holy Ghost?
The Spirit's sending is attributed to Jesus and the Father, with both passages explicitly connecting their roles.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Foundational
- A central claim about origins, salvation, divine justice, or religious authority.
Both sending accounts explicitly connect Jesus and the Father rather than deny either figure's participation.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Jesus says he will send the Spirit from the Father
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 15:26
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:John 15
Jesus says the Father will send the Spirit in his name
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 14:16
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:John 14