Dialogue with Trypho 123.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: It would be absurd for proselytes to see while Israel remains blind.

Greek text · Archambault 2:230

Πρὸς δὲ καὶ γελοῖόν ἐστιν ἡγεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς τῶν μὲν προσηλύτων αὐτῶν ἀνεῷχθαι τὰ ὄμματα, ὑμῶν δὲ οὔ, καὶ ὑμᾶς μὲν ἀκούειν τυφλοὺς καὶ κωφούς, ἐκείνους δὲ πεφωτισμένους. Καὶ ἔτι γελοιότερον ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα, εἰ τὸν νόμον τοῖς ἔθνεσι δεδόσθαι φήσετε, ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐκεῖνον τὸν νόμον ἔγνωτε.

English · Claude translation

“Besides, it is ridiculous for you to think that the eyes of your proselytes have been opened, but not yours, and that you are addressed as blind and deaf, but they as illuminated. And the matter will turn out still more ridiculous for you, if you say that the law has been given to the nations, but you have not known that law.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:230 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 123.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/123/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 123.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/123/2/).