Greek Scholars on Acts 2:38
Dr. H. B. Hackett, Baptist theologian, in his commentary on Acts
"In order to the forgiveness of sins we connect, naturally, with both the preceding verbs. This clause ['for the remission os sins,' HAD] states the motive or object which should induce them to repent and be baptized. It enforces the entire obligation, not one part of it for the exclusion of the other" (page 53).
Dr. Alvah Hovey, another Baptist theologian, in his commentary on John says:
"Repent and be baptized every one of you in (or upon) the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission (or forgiveness) of your sins (Acts 2:38 ASV). Here repentance and baptism are represented as leading to the forgiveness of sins." (Commentary on John, Appendix, page 420).
Dr. C. B. Williams, a long time professor of Greek in Union University, Jackson, Tennessee (a Baptist institution) who prepared and published a translation of the Greek Testament rendered Acts 2:38, "Peter said unto them, You must repent, and as an expression of it, let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, that you may have your sins forgiven."