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Ac 22:16 King James And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
be baptized and wash away thy sins--This way of speaking arises from baptism being the visible seal of remission.

calling on the name of the Lord--rather, "having called," that is, after having done so; referring to the confession of Christ which preceded baptism, as Act 8:37.
 
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37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.