[Esther]

Originally Posted by pelathais

John's baptism was of "repentence for the remission of sins." Jesus Himself was baptized to "fulfill all righteousness."

So, everyone who was baptized by John - in faith - received remission of sins. Jesus Himself, of course, did no sin but provided an example for all of us to follow. The disciples of Apollos in Acts were rebaptized by Paul to join them with the Christian community - not just so they could receive the remission of sins. They already had remsission by John's baptism.

Christian baptism in Jesus name accomplishes something more than John's baptism. What that "more" is exactly is honestly a little hazy to me. However, it's clearly not "more remission of sins" since John's baptism accomplished the same same thing.

I guess one point that we might observe is that it is not the phonetic pronounciation of "Jesus name" that accomplishes the remission of sins, since John's baptism accomplishes the same remission. It may also be that the early church practiced multiple baptisms on the pattern of the Jewish cleansings in the mikveh.

You pose an interesting thought here.