12.  The fellowship of this Holy Spirit He bestowed on the Apostles; for it is written, And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:  whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained John xx. 22..  This was the second time He breathed on man (His first breath Gen. ii. 7:  and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.  Compare Cat. xiv. 10. having been stifled through wilful sins); that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He went up breathing upon thy face, and delivering thee from affliction Nahum ii. 1.  The Septuagint, followed by Cyril, differs widely from the Hebrew:  (R.V.) He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face..  But whence went He up?  From Hades; for thus the Gospel relates, that then after His resurrection He breathed on them.  But though He bestowed His grace then, He was to lavish it yet more bountifully; and He says to them, “I am ready to give it even now, but the vessel cannot yet hold it; for a while therefore receive ye as much grace as ye can bear; and look forward for yet more; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be clothed with power from on high Luke xxiv. 39..  Receive it in part now; then, ye shall wear it in its fulness.  For he who receives, often possesses the gift but in part; but he who is clothed, is completely enfolded by his robe.  “Fear not,” He says, “the weapons and darts of the devil; for ye shall bear with you the power of the Holy Ghost.”  But remember what was lately said, that the Holy Ghost is not divided, but only the grace which is given by Him.