Baptism

38: "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit....'"
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41: "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. Those who accepted his
message were baptized...."
The confusion here simply is how we are going to connect "for (eis)
remission of sin" with regard to "repent and baptized". If we look at other
verses that define salvation we will see two factors: Repentance and
Confession or repentance and fruits corresponding to the repentance. (Rom
10:9-10 John the Baptist Jn 3:-----) In the historic context of the last Pentecost
this mass confession was expressed as coming forward to the baptism "in the
name of Jesus". The baptism was not to be "in water", but "in the name".
How were they to express this in concrete terms? It is evident that some form
of baptismal mode befitting the occasion was used. . My contention is that, it
could have been anything that declares the change. Considering the Essenic
ties of the new Way, some form of Essenic baptism must have used. Many
suggest that a sprinkling of water was the best possible mode. Considering
that there were 3000 to be baptised, in the center of the city, any immersion
baptism was impractical.
KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon for "eis" as in "for the remission of
sin"
Definition
into, unto, to, towards, for, among
"For" (as used in Acts 2:38 "for the forgiveness...") could have two meanings.
If you saw a poster saying "Jesse James wanted for robbery", "for" could
mean Jesse is wanted so he can commit a robbery, or is wanted because he
has committed a robbery. The later sense is the correct one. So too in this
passage, the word "for" signifies an action in the past. Otherwise, it would
violate the entire tenor of the NT teaching on salvation by grace and not by
works.
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