Why I am baptized in the name of Jesus. I am baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of my sins. The meaning of “remission” is: “forgiveness, pardon, of sins (properly, the letting them go, as if they had not been committed), remission of their penalty:” Thayer’s Greek Lexicon Remission of sins is through the name of Jesus. "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. [He is the one all the prophets testified…