He Breathed on Them

[A] vivid scene from the Gospel of John [John 20:19-23]. It’s intimate from the start-a stunningly private scene that occurs behind locked doors among dear friends. The scene begins with a friendly greeting and involves a private glimpse of Jesus’s wounds. Then Jesus does something odd, even shocking: he breathed in them. Um, excuse me, we know that Jesus could get involved in something odd, He spit on the eyes of the blind, laid hands on the sick, had his feet caressed with hair and washed with tears, and even washed his disciples’ feet. But nowhere else does…