Peter tells the crowd at Pentecost that they should “repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38). Paul says virtually the same later in Acts, recounting his own conversion: Ananias said to him “And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name” (22:16). The link between baptism and forgiveness of sins is not merely