Emphusao describes a singular act of breathing on those addressed before they are told to receive the Holy Spirit.

The attested use describes a completed act of breathing on those present, followed by the command to receive the Holy Spirit in John 20:22.

1. Breathing on those addressed · dominant

   In John 20:22, the third-person singular aorist active indicative form occurs after he speaks and before he tells those addressed to receive the Holy Spirit; the APB renders the clause, "he breathed on them."

   John 20:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 20:22, the APB presents the action as "he breathed on them." This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause's action rather than a precise lexical equivalent.