Dialogue with Trypho 17.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:82

Καὶ ἐβόα· Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι, ὑποκριταί, ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον καὶ τὸ πήγανον, τὴν δὲ ἀγάπην τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν κρίσιν οὐ κατανοεῖτε· τάφοι κεκονιαμένοι, ἔξωθεν φαινόμενοι ὡραῖοι, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμοντες ὀστέων νεκρῶν. Καὶ τοῖς γραμματεῦσιν· Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς, ὅτι τὰς κλεῖς ἔχετε, καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐκ εἰσέρχεσθε καὶ τοὺς εἰσερχομένους κωλύετε· ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί.

English · Claude translation

“And he cried: ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and rue, but do not consider the love of God and judgment. Whitewashed tombs, outwardly appearing beautiful, but inside full of dead men's bones.’ And to the scribes: ‘Woe to you, scribes, for you have the keys, and you do not go in yourselves, and you hinder those who are going in; blind guides.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:82 · 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)

Scripture

Matt 23:23 · quotation, high confidence
Luke 11:42 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 23:27 · quotation, high confidence
Luke 11:52 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 23:13 · quotation, medium confidence
Matt 23:24 · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Justin combines Matt 23 and Luke 11 in his own form.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ὃτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε → ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε; Οὐαὶ ὑμὶν → Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 17.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/17/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 17.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/17/4/).