Dialogue with Trypho 22.1–31.7
Greek text: Archambault (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).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885).
Chapter 22
22.1Archambault 1:96
Καὶ ὅτι διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ λαοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ διὰ τὰς εἰδωλολατρείας, ἀλλʼ οὐ διὰ τὸ ἐνδεὴς εἶναι τῶν τοιούτων προσφορῶν, ἐνετείλατο ὁμοίως ταῦτα γίνεσθαι, ἀκούσατε πῶς περὶ τούτων λέγει διὰ Ἀμώς, ἑνὸς τῶν δώδεκα, βοῶν·
Kai hoti dia tas hamartias tou laou hymōn kai dia tas eidōlolatreias, allʼ ou dia to endeēs einai tōn toioutōn prosphorōn, eneteilato homoiōs tauta ginesthai, akousate pōs peri toutōn legei dia Amōs, henos tōn dōdeka, boōn;
“And that he likewise commanded these things to be done because of the sins of your people and because of their idolatries, and not because he needed such offerings, hear how he speaks about them through Amos, one of the twelve, crying:
Notes and citation
Summary: God commanded sacrifices because of idolatry, not because he needed them.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.1 (Archambault 1:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-1).
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22.2Archambault 1:96
Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντες τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ κυρίου. Ἵνα τί αὕτη ὑμῖν ἡ ἡμέρα κυρίου; Καὶ αὐτή ἐστι σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς. Ὃν τρόπον ὅταν ἐκφύγῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ συναντήσῃ αὐτῷ ἡ ἄρκτος, καὶ εἰσπηδήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπερείσηται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον, καὶ δάκῃ αὐτὸν ὁ ὄφις. Οὐχὶ σκότος ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ οὐ φῶς, καὶ γνόφος οὐκ ἔχων φέγγος αὐτῆς; Μεμίσηκα, ἀπῶσμαι τὰς ἑορτὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὀσφρανθῶ ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσιν ὑμῶν.
Ouai hoi epithymountes tēn hēmeran tou kyriou. Hina ti hautē hymin hē hēmera kyriou? Kai autē esti skotos kai ou phōs. Hon tropon hotan ekphygę̄ anthrōpos ek prosōpou tou leontos, kai synantēsę̄ autǭ hē arktos, kai eispēdēsę̄ eis ton oikon autou kai apereisētai tas cheiras autou epi ton toichon, kai dakę̄ auton ho ophis. Ouchi skotos hē hēmera tou kyriou kai ou phōs, kai gnophos ouk echōn phengos autēs? Memisēka, apōsmai tas heortas hymōn, kai ou mē osphranthō en tais panēgyresin hymōn.
“‘Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord! Why is this day of the Lord for you? It is darkness and not light. As when a man flees from the face of a lion, and a bear meets him, and he leaps into his house and leans his hands against the wall, and a serpent bites him. Is not the day of the Lord darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? I have hated, I have rejected your feasts, and I will not smell the savor of your solemn assemblies.
Amos 5:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Amos 5:18–21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): Ὅν τρόπον → Ὃν τρόπον.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.2 (Archambault 1:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-2).
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22.3Archambault 1:96–98
Διότι ἐὰν ἐνέγκητέ μοι τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰς θυσίας ὑμῶν, οὐ προσδέξομαι αὐτὰ καὶ σωτηρίου ἐπιφανείας ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπιβλέψομαι. Ἀπόστησον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ πλῆθος ᾠδῶν σου καὶ ψαλμῶν· ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. Καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάρρους ἄβατος. Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ; λέγει κύριος. Καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥαφάν, τοὺς τύπους, οὓς ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς.
Dioti ean enenkēte moi ta holokautōmata kai tas thysias hymōn, ou prosdexomai auta kai sōtēriou epiphaneias hymōn ouk epiblepsomai. Apostēson apʼ emou plēthos ǭdōn sou kai psalmōn; organōn sou ouk akousomai. Kai kylisthēsetai hōs hydōr krima kai hē dikaiosynē hōs cheimarrous abatos. Mē sphagia kai thysias prosēnenkate moi en tę̄ erēmǭ, oikos Israēl? legei kyrios. Kai anelabete tēn skēnēn tou Moloch kai to astron tou theou hymōn Rhaphan, tous typous, hous epoiēsate heautois.
“‘Therefore if you bring me your whole burnt offerings and your sacrifices, I will not accept them, and I will not look upon your peace offerings. Take away from me the multitude of your songs and psalms; I will not hear your instruments. And judgment shall roll down like water, and righteousness like an impassable torrent. Did you offer me slain beasts and sacrifices in the wilderness, O house of Israel? says the Lord. And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images which you made for yourselves.
Amos 5:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 7:42 (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 7:43 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Amos 5:22–26.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.3 (Archambault 1:96–98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-3).
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22.4Archambault 1:98
Καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Δαμασκοῦ, λέγει κύριος· ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ. Οὐαὶ οἱ κατασπαταλῶντες Σιὼν καὶ τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σαμαρείας. Οἱ ὠνομασμένοι ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀρχηγοῖς ἀπετρύγησαν ἀρχὰς ἐθνῶν· εἰσῆλθον ἑαυτοῖς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ. Διάβητε πάντες εἰς Χαλάνην καὶ ἴδετε, καὶ πορεύθητε ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Ἀμὰθ τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ κατάβητε ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Γὲθ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, τὰς κρατίστας ἐκ πασῶν τῶν βασιλειῶν τούτων, εἰ πλείονά ἐστι τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν τῶν ὁρίων ὑμῶν.
Kai metoikiō hymas epekeina Damaskou, legei kyrios; ho theos ho pantokratōr onoma autǭ. Ouai hoi kataspatalōntes Siōn kai tois pepoithosin epi to oros Samareias. Hoi ōnomasmenoi epi tois archēgois apetrygēsan archas ethnōn; eisēlthon heautois oikos Israēl. Diabēte pantes eis Chalanēn kai idete, kai poreuthēte ekeithen eis Amath tēn megalēn, kai katabēte ekeithen eis Geth tōn allophylōn, tas kratistas ek pasōn tōn basileiōn toutōn, ei pleiona esti ta horia autōn tōn horiōn hymōn.
“‘And I will remove you beyond Damascus, says the Lord; the Lord Almighty is his name. Woe to those who live wantonly in Zion, and to those who trust in the mountain of Samaria. Those named among the chiefs have gathered the first-fruits of the nations; they have gone in for themselves, the house of Israel. Pass over, all of you, to Calneh and see, and go from there to Hamath the great, and go down from there to Gath of the Philistines, the strongest of all these kingdoms, and see if their borders are greater than your borders.
Amos 5:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Amos 5:27–6:2.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.4 (Archambault 1:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-4).
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22.5Archambault 1:98
Οἱ ἐρχόμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν πονηράν, οἱ ἐγγίζοντες καὶ ἐφαπτόμενοι σαββάτων ψευδῶν, οἱ κοιμώμενοι ἐπὶ κλινῶν ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ κατασπαταλῶντες ἐπὶ ταῖς στρωμναῖς αὐτῶν, οἱ ἐσθίοντες ἄρνας ἐκ ποιμνίων καὶ μοσχάρια ἐκ μέσου βουκολίων γαλαθηνά, οἱ ἐπικροτοῦντες πρὸς τὴν φωνὴν τῶν ὀργάνων, ὡς ἑστῶτα ἐλογίσαντο καὶ οὐχ ὡς φεύγοντα, οἱ πίνοντες ἐν φιάλαις οἶνον καὶ τὰ πρῶτα μύρα χριόμενοι, καὶ οὐκ ἔπασχον οὐδὲν ἐπὶ τῇ συντριβῇ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ. Διὰ τοῦτο νῦν αἰχμάλωτοι ἔσονται ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς δυναστῶν τῶν ἀποικιζομένων, καὶ μεταστραφήσεται οἴκημα κακούργων, καὶ ἐξαρθήσεται χρεμετισμὸς ἵππων ἐξ Ἐφραΐμ.
Hoi erchomenoi eis hēmeran ponēran, hoi engizontes kai ephaptomenoi sabbatōn pseudōn, hoi koimōmenoi epi klinōn elephantinōn kai kataspatalōntes epi tais strōmnais autōn, hoi esthiontes arnas ek poimniōn kai moscharia ek mesou boukoliōn galathēna, hoi epikrotountes pros tēn phōnēn tōn organōn, hōs hestōta elogisanto kai ouch hōs pheugonta, hoi pinontes en phialais oinon kai ta prōta myra chriomenoi, kai ouk epaschon ouden epi tę̄ syntribę̄ tou Iōsēph. Dia touto nyn aichmalōtoi esontai apo archēs dynastōn tōn apoikizomenōn, kai metastraphēsetai oikēma kakourgōn, kai exarthēsetai chremetismos hippōn ex Ephraïm.
“‘You who come to an evil day, who draw near and touch false Sabbaths, who lie on beds of ivory and live wantonly on your couches, who eat lambs out of the flocks and sucking calves from the midst of the herds, who clap to the sound of the instruments, who reckoned them as lasting and not as fleeting, who drink wine in bowls and anoint yourselves with the finest ointments, and suffered nothing at the ruin of Joseph. Therefore they shall now go into captivity at the head of the princes who are carried away, and the house of evildoers shall be overturned, and the neighing of horses shall be taken away from Ephraim.’
Amos 6:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 6:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Amos 6:3–7.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.5 (Archambault 1:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-5).
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22.6Archambault 1:98–100
Καὶ πάλιν διὰ Ἱερεμίου· Συναγάγετε τὰ κρέα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς θυσίας καὶ φάγετε, ὅτι οὔτε περὶ θυσιῶν ἢ σπονδῶν ἐνετειλάμην τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπελαβόμην τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου.
Kai palin dia Hieremiou; Synagagete ta krea hymōn kai tas thysias kai phagete, hoti oute peri thysiōn ē spondōn eneteilamēn tois patrasin hymōn, hę̄ hēmerą epelabomēn tēs cheiros autōn exagagein autous ek gēs Aigyptou.
“And again through Jeremiah: ‘Gather your meats and your sacrifices and eat; for I gave your fathers no commandment about sacrifices or drink offerings in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.’
Jer 7:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 7:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jer 7:21–22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ῄ ἡμέρᾳ → ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.6 (Archambault 1:98–100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-6).
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22.7Archambault 1:100
Καὶ πάλιν διὰ Δαυΐδ ἐν τεσσαρακοστῷ ἐνάτῳ ψαλμῷ οὕτως ἔφη· Θεὸς θεῶν κύριος ἐλάλησε, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν. Ἐκ Σιὼν ἡ εὐπρέπεια τῆς ὡραιότητος αὐτοῦ. Ὁ θεὸς ἐμφανῶς ἥξει, ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐ παρασιωπήσεται· πῦρ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καυθήσεται, καὶ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ καταιγὶς σφόδρα. Προσκαλέσεται τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄνω καὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ διακρῖναι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. Συναγάγετε αὐτῷ τοὺς ὁσίους αὐτοῦ, τοὺς διατιθεμένους τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θυσίαις. Καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, ὅτι θεὸς κριτής ἐστιν.
Kai palin dia Dauïd en tessarakostǭ enatǭ psalmǭ houtōs ephē; Theos theōn kyrios elalēse, kai ekalese tēn gēn apo anatolōn hēliou mechri dysmōn. Ek Siōn hē euprepeia tēs hōraiotētos autou. Ho theos emphanōs hēxei, ho theos hēmōn, kai ou parasiōpēsetai; pyr enōpion autou kauthēsetai, kai kyklǭ autou kataigis sphodra. Proskalesetai ton ouranon anō kai tēn gēn tou diakrinai ton laon autou. Synagagete autǭ tous hosious autou, tous diatithemenous tēn diathēkēn autou epi thysiais. Kai anangelousin hoi ouranoi tēn dikaiosynēn autou, hoti theos kritēs estin.
“And again through David, in the forty-ninth psalm, he spoke thus: ‘The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion is the beauty of his loveliness. God will come openly, our God, and will not keep silence; fire shall burn before him, and around him a mighty tempest. He will call the heaven above and the earth, to judge his people. Gather to him his holy ones, who make his covenant with sacrifices. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge.
Ps 50:1 (49:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:2 (49:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:3 (49:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:4 (49:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:5 (49:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:6 (49:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Ps 50:1–6 (LXX 49).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): οὐρανὸν ἂνω → οὐρανὸν ἄνω.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.7 (Archambault 1:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-7).
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22.8Archambault 1:100
Ἄκουσον, λαός μου, καὶ λαλήσω σοι, Ἰσραήλ, καὶ διαμαρτυροῦμαί σοι· ὁ θεός, ὁ θεός σου εἰμὶ ἐγώ. Οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις σου ἐλέγξω σε· τὰ δὲ ὁλοκαυτώματά σου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶ διὰ παντός. Οὐ δέξομαι ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου σου μόσχους οὐδὲ ἐκ τῶν ποιμνίων σου χιμάρους, ὅτι ἐμά ἐστι πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, κτήνη ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ βόες· ἔγνωκα πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ὡραιότης ἀγροῦ μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν.
Akouson, laos mou, kai lalēsō soi, Israēl, kai diamartyroumai soi; ho theos, ho theos sou eimi egō. Ouk epi tais thysiais sou elenxō se; ta de holokautōmata sou enōpion mou esti dia pantos. Ou dexomai ek tou oikou sou moschous oude ek tōn poimniōn sou chimarous, hoti ema esti panta ta thēria tou agrou, ktēnē en tois oresi kai boes; egnōka panta ta peteina tou ouranou, kai hōraiotēs agrou metʼ emou estin.
“‘Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, Israel, and I will testify to you: I am God, your God. I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices; your whole burnt offerings are before me continually. I will not take calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks; for all the beasts of the field are mine, the cattle on the mountains and the oxen; I know all the birds of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
Ps 50:7 (49:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:8 (49:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:9 (49:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:10 (49:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:11 (49:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ps 50:7–11.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.8 (Archambault 1:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-8).
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22.9Archambault 1:100–102
Ἐὰν πεινάσω, οὐ μή σοι εἴπω· ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς. Μὴ φάγωμαι κρέα ταύρων, ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίωμαι; Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με. Τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Ἵνα τί σὺ ἐκδιηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου διὰ στόματός σου; Σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.
Ean peinasō, ou mē soi eipō; emē gar estin hē oikoumenē kai to plērōma autēs. Mē phagōmai krea taurōn, ē haima tragōn piōmai? Thyson tǭ theǭ thysian aineseōs, kai apodos tǭ hypsistǭ tas euchas sou; kai epikalesai me en hēmerą thlipseōs, kai exeloumai se, kai doxaseis me. Tǭ de hamartōlǭ eipen ho theos; Hina ti sy ekdiēgę̄ ta dikaiōmata mou, kai analambaneis tēn diathēkēn mou dia stomatos sou? Sy de emisēsas paideian kai exebales tous logous mou eis ta opisō.
“‘If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine and all that fills it. Shall I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call on me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. But to the sinner God said: Why do you recite my ordinances, and take my covenant in your mouth? You have hated instruction and cast my words behind you.
Ps 50:12 (49:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:13 (49:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:15 (49:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:16 (49:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:17 (49:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ps 50:12–17.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.9 (Archambault 1:100–102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-9).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
22.10Archambault 1:102
Εἰ ἐθεώρεις κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ, καὶ μετὰ μοιχοῦ τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις. Τὸ στόμα σου ἐπλεόνασε κακίαν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά σου περιέπλεκε δολιότητας. Καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον. Ταῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα· ὑπέλαβες ἀνομίαν ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος. Ἐλέγξω σε καὶ παραστήσω κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου. Σύνετε δὴ ταῦτα οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ, μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος. Θυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με, καὶ ἐκεῖ ὁδός, ἣν δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου.
Ei etheōreis kleptēn, synetreches autǭ, kai meta moichou tēn merida sou etitheis. To stoma sou epleonase kakian, kai hē glōssa sou periepleke doliotētas. Kathēmenos kata tou adelphou sou katelaleis, kai kata tou huiou tēs mētros sou etitheis skandalon. Tauta epoiēsas, kai esigēsa; hypelabes anomian hoti esomai soi homoios. Elenxō se kai parastēsō kata prosōpon sou tas hamartias sou. Synete dē tauta hoi epilanthanomenoi tou theou, mēpote harpasę̄, kai ou mē ę̄ ho rhyomenos. Thysia aineseōs doxasei me, kai ekei hodos, hēn deixō autǭ to sōtērion mou.
“‘If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you cast your lot with an adulterer. Your mouth multiplied evil, and your tongue wove deceit. You sat and spoke against your brother, and put a stumbling block before your mother's son. These things you did, and I kept silence; you thought, in your lawlessness, that I would be like you. I will rebuke you and set your sins before your face. Understand this, you who forget God, lest he seize you and there be none to deliver. A sacrifice of praise will glorify me, and there is the way by which I will show him my salvation.’
Ps 50:18 (49:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:19 (49:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:20 (49:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:22 (49:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:23 (49:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Ps 50:18–23.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slips against Archambault's printed text (wrong accents)): ἐκεὶ ὁδός, ἥν δείξω → ἐκεῖ ὁδός, ἣν δείξω.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.10 (Archambault 1:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-10).
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22.11Archambault 1:102–104
Οὔτε οὖν θυσίας παρʼ ὑμῶν λαμβάνει, οὔτε ὡς ἐνδεὴς τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνετείλατο ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν. Καὶ γὰρ τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπικληθέντα οὐχ ὡς ἐνδεὴς ὢν ὡμολόγησεν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ αὐλήν, ἀλλʼ ὅπως καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο προσέχοντες αὐτῷ μὴ εἰδωλολατρῆτε. Καὶ ὅτι τοῦτό ἐστιν, Ἡσαΐας λέγει· Ποῖον οἶκον ᾠκοδομήσατέ μοι; λέγει κύριος. Ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος, καὶ ἡ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου.
Oute oun thysias parʼ hymōn lambanei, oute hōs endeēs tēn archēn eneteilato poiein, alla dia tas hamartias hymōn. Kai gar ton naon ton en Hierousalēm epiklēthenta ouch hōs endeēs ōn hōmologēsen oikon autou ē aulēn, allʼ hopōs kai kata touto prosechontes autǭ mē eidōlolatrēte. Kai hoti touto estin, Hēsaïas legei; Poion oikon ǭkodomēsate moi? legei kyrios. Ho ouranos moi thronos, kai hē gē hypopodion tōn podōn mou.
“So he neither accepts sacrifices from you, nor did he command them in the beginning as though he needed them, but because of your sins. For he did not acknowledge the temple in Jerusalem, which was called his house or court, as though he needed it, but so that, attending to him in this way too, you might not worship idols. And that this is so, Isaiah says: ‘What house have you built me? says the Lord. Heaven is my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet.’”
Isa 66:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 7:49 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Sacrifices and the temple were given because of Israel's sins, not because God needed them.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 22.11 (Archambault 1:102–104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-22-11).
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Chapter 23
23.1Archambault 1:104
Ἐὰν δὲ ταῦτα οὕτως μὴ ὁμολογήσωμεν, συμβήσεται ἡμῖν εἰς ἄτοπα ἐμπίπτειν νοήματα, ὡς τοῦ αὐτοῦ θεοῦ μὴ ὄντος τοῦ κατὰ τὸν Ἐνὼχ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους πάντας, οἳ μήτε περιτομὴν τὴν κατὰ σάρκα ἔχοντες μήτε σάββατα ἐφύλαξαν μήτε δὲ τὰ ἄλλα, Μωσέως ἐντειλαμένου ταῦτα ποιεῖν, ἢ τὰ αὐτὰ αὐτὸν δίκαια μὴ ἀεὶ πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων βεβουλῆσθαι πράσσειν· ἅπερ γελοῖα καὶ ἀνόητα ὁμολογεῖν φαίνεται.
Ean de tauta houtōs mē homologēsōmen, symbēsetai hēmin eis atopa empiptein noēmata, hōs tou autou theou mē ontos tou kata ton Enōch kai tous allous pantas, hoi mēte peritomēn tēn kata sarka echontes mēte sabbata ephylaxan mēte de ta alla, Mōseōs enteilamenou tauta poiein, ē ta auta auton dikaia mē aei pan genos anthrōpōn beboulēsthai prassein; haper geloia kai anoēta homologein phainetai.
“But if we do not acknowledge these things so, we shall fall into absurd thoughts: as though it were not the same God who was in the time of Enoch and all the others, who neither had circumcision according to the flesh, nor kept Sabbaths or the other things, since Moses commanded them to be done; or as though he did not always will the whole race of men to do the same righteous things; which it seems ridiculous and foolish to admit.
Notes and citation
Summary: Otherwise God would have changed, or not willed the same righteousness for all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): οἵ μήτε περιτομὴν → οἳ μήτε περιτομὴν; μήτε δὲ τὰ ἅλλα → μήτε δὲ τὰ ἄλλα.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 23.1 (Archambault 1:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-23-1).
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23.2Archambault 1:104
Διʼ αἰτίαν δὲ τὴν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν αὐτὸν ὄντα ἀεὶ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐντετάλθαι ὁμολογεῖν, καὶ φιλάνθρωπον καὶ προγνώστην καὶ ἀνενδεῆ καὶ δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθὸν ἀποφαίνειν ἔστιν. Ἐπεὶ εἰ μὴ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει, ἀποκρίνασθέ μοι, ὦ ἄνδρες, περὶ τῶν ζητουμένων τούτων ὅ τι φρονεῖτε.
Diʼ aitian de tēn tōn hamartōlōn anthrōpōn ton auton onta aei tauta kai ta toiauta entetalthai homologein, kai philanthrōpon kai prognōstēn kai anendeē kai dikaion kai agathon apophainein estin. Epei ei mē tauta houtōs echei, apokrinasthe moi, ō andres, peri tōn zētoumenōn toutōn ho ti phroneite.
“But it is possible to acknowledge that the one who is always the same commanded these and such things for the sake of sinful men, and to declare him loving to mankind, foreknowing, without need, just, and good. For if this is not so, answer me, sirs, what you think about the matters under inquiry.”
Notes and citation
Summary: God is always the same; he commanded the law for sinners' sake.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 23.2 (Archambault 1:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-23-2).
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23.3Archambault 1:104–106
Καὶ μηδὲν μηδενὸς ἀποκριναμένου· Διὰ ταῦτά σοι, ὦ Τρύφων, καὶ τοῖς βουλομένοις προσηλύτοις γενέσθαι κηρύξω ἐγὼ θεῖον λόγον, ὃν παρʼ ἐκείνου ἤκουσα τοῦ ἀνδρός. Ὁρᾶτε ὅτι τὰ στοιχεῖα οὐκ ἀργεῖ οὐδὲ σαββατίζει. Μείνατε ὡς γεγένησθε. Εἰ γὰρ πρὸ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἦν χρεία περιτομῆς οὐδὲ πρὸ Μωσέως σαββατισμοῦ καὶ ἑορτῶν καὶ προσφορῶν, οὐδὲ νῦν, μετὰ τὸν κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ Μαρίας τῆς ἀπὸ γένους τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ, παρθένου γεννηθέντα υἱὸν θεοῦ Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ὁμοίως ἐστὶ χρεία.
Kai mēden mēdenos apokrinamenou; Dia tauta soi, ō Tryphōn, kai tois boulomenois prosēlytois genesthai kēryxō egō theion logon, hon parʼ ekeinou ēkousa tou andros. Horate hoti ta stoicheia ouk argei oude sabbatizei. Meinate hōs gegenēsthe. Ei gar pro tou Abraam ouk ēn chreia peritomēs oude pro Mōseōs sabbatismou kai heortōn kai prosphorōn, oude nyn, meta ton kata tēn boulēn tou theou dia Marias tēs apo genous tou Abraam, parthenou gennēthenta huion theou Iēsoun Christon, homoiōs esti chreia.
And when no one answered: “For these reasons, Trypho, I will proclaim to you and to those who wish to become proselytes the divine word which I heard from that man. You see that the elements are not idle and keep no Sabbath. Remain as you were born. For if there was no need of circumcision before Abraham, nor of the Sabbath and feasts and offerings before Moses, neither is there need of them now, after the Son of God, Jesus Christ, has been born according to the will of God through Mary, a virgin of the race of Abraham.
Matt 1:1 (echo, medium confidence) · Isa 7:14 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: As there was no need of circumcision before Abraham, there is none now after Christ, born of the Virgin Mary.
- “From that man”: the old man of ch. 3–7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (dropped letter); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ὄν παρʼ ἐκείνου → ὃν παρʼ ἐκείνου; προφορῶν → προσφορῶν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 23.3 (Archambault 1:104–106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-23-3).
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23.4Archambault 1:106–108
Καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἀβραὰμ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ ὢν διὰ τὴν πίστιν, ἣν ἐπίστευσε τῷ θεῷ, ἐδικαιώθη καὶ εὐλογήθη, ὡς ἡ γραφὴ σημαίνει· τὴν δὲ περιτομὴν εἰς σημεῖον, ἀλλʼ οὐκ εἰς δικαιοσύνην ἔλαβεν, ὡς καὶ αἱ γραφαὶ καὶ τὰ πράγματα ἀναγκάζει ἡμᾶς ὁμολογεῖν. Ὥστε δικαίως εἴρητο περὶ ἐκείνου τοῦ λαοῦ, ὅτι ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ἐκείνη ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτῆς, ἣ οὐ περιτμηθήσεται τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ.
Kai gar autos ho Abraam en akrobystią ōn dia tēn pistin, hēn episteuse tǭ theǭ, edikaiōthē kai eulogēthē, hōs hē graphē sēmainei; tēn de peritomēn eis sēmeion, allʼ ouk eis dikaiosynēn elaben, hōs kai hai graphai kai ta pragmata anankazei hēmas homologein. Hōste dikaiōs eirēto peri ekeinou tou laou, hoti exolothreuthēsetai hē psychē ekeinē ek tou genous autēs, hē ou peritmēthēsetai tę̄ hēmerą tę̄ ogdoę̄.
“For Abraham himself, while uncircumcised, was justified and blessed because of the faith with which he believed God, as the Scripture indicates; and he received circumcision as a sign, not for righteousness, as both the Scriptures and the facts compel us to admit. So it was rightly said of that people that ‘that soul shall be cut off from its people which shall not be circumcised on the eighth day.’
Gen 15:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 4:10 (echo, high confidence) · Rom 4:11 (echo, high confidence) · Gen 17:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Abraham was justified by faith before circumcision, which was a sign, not righteousness.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 23.4 (Archambault 1:106–108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-23-4).
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23.5Archambault 1:108
Καὶ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι δὲ τὸ θῆλυ γένος τὴν σαρκικὴν περιτομὴν λαμβάνειν δείκνυσιν ὅτι εἰς σημεῖον ἡ περιτομὴ αὕτη δέδοται, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὡς ἔργον δικαιοσύνης· τὰ γὰρ δίκαια καὶ ἐνάρετα ἅπαντα ὁμοίως καὶ τὰς θηλείας δύνασθαι φυλάσσειν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν. Ἀλλὰ σχῆμα μὲν τὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἕτερον καὶ ἕτερον ὁρῶμεν γεγενημένον ἄρρενος καὶ θηλείας, διὰ δὲ τοῦτο οὐδὲ δίκαιον οὐδὲ ἄδικον οὐδέτερον αὐτῶν ἐπιστάμεθα, ἀλλὰ διʼ εὐσέβειαν καὶ δικαιοσύνην.
Kai to mē dynasthai de to thēly genos tēn sarkikēn peritomēn lambanein deiknysin hoti eis sēmeion hē peritomē hautē dedotai, allʼ ouch hōs ergon dikaiosynēs; ta gar dikaia kai enareta hapanta homoiōs kai tas thēleias dynasthai phylassein ho theos epoiēsen. Alla schēma men to tēs sarkos heteron kai heteron horōmen gegenēmenon arrenos kai thēleias, dia de touto oude dikaion oude adikon oudeteron autōn epistametha, alla diʼ eusebeian kai dikaiosynēn.
“And the fact that the female sex cannot receive fleshly circumcision shows that this circumcision was given as a sign, and not as a work of righteousness; for God made women equally able to observe all that is righteous and virtuous. We see that the bodily form of male and female was made different; but we know that neither of them is righteous or unrighteous for this reason, but because of piety and righteousness.
Gal 3:28 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Women cannot be circumcised, yet can be righteous; so circumcision is only a sign.
- An early argument from the equal capacity of women for righteousness.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 23.5 (Archambault 1:108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-23-5).
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Chapter 24
24.1Archambault 1:108–110
Καὶ τοῦτο μὲν οὖν δυνατὸν ἦν ἡμῖν ἐπιδεῖξαι, ὦ ἄνδρες, ἔλεγον, ὅτι ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ὀγδόη μυστήριόν τι εἶχε κηρυσσόμενον διὰ τούτων ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μᾶλλον τῆς ἑβδόμης. Ἀλλʼ ἵνα τανῦν μὴ ἐπʼ ἄλλους ἐκτρέπεσθαι λόγους δοκῶ, σύνετε, βοῶ, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα τῆς περιτομῆς ἐκείνης κατήργηται, καὶ αἵματι σωτηρίῳ πεπιστεύκαμεν· ἄλλη διαθήκη τανῦν, καὶ ἄλλος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ Σιὼν νόμος.
Kai touto men oun dynaton ēn hēmin epideixai, ō andres, elegon, hoti hē hēmera hē ogdoē mystērion ti eiche kēryssomenon dia toutōn hypo tou theou mallon tēs hebdomēs. Allʼ hina tanyn mē epʼ allous ektrepesthai logous dokō, synete, boō, hoti to haima tēs peritomēs ekeinēs katērgētai, kai haimati sōtēriǭ pepisteukamen; allē diathēkē tanyn, kai allos exēlthen ek Siōn nomos.
“And indeed we could show, sirs,” I said, “that the eighth day had some mystery, proclaimed by God through these things, more than the seventh. But so that I may not now seem to turn aside to other subjects, understand, I cry, that the blood of that circumcision has been abolished, and we have believed in the saving blood; there is now another covenant, and another law has gone out from Zion.
Isa 2:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Mic 4:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The eighth day is more significant than the seventh; the blood of circumcision is replaced by Christ's saving blood.
- The eighth day: Justin develops it in ch. 41 and 138 as the day of the resurrection.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἐβδόμης → ἑβδόμης.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 24.1 (Archambault 1:108–110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-24-1).
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24.2Archambault 1:110
Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς πάντας τοὺς βουλομένους περιτέμνει, ὥσπερ ἄνωθεν ἐκηρύσσετο, πετρίναις μαχαίραις, ἵνα γένηται ἔθνος δίκαιον, λαὸς φυλάσσων πίστιν, ἀντιλαμβανόμενος ἀληθείας καὶ φυλάσσων εἰρήνην.
Iēsous Christos pantas tous boulomenous peritemnei, hōsper anōthen ekērysseto, petrinais machairais, hina genētai ethnos dikaion, laos phylassōn pistin, antilambanomenos alētheias kai phylassōn eirēnēn.
“Jesus Christ circumcises all who wish, as was proclaimed of old, with knives of stone, that there may be a righteous nation, a people keeping faith, holding to truth and keeping peace.
Josh 5:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 26:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 26:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Christ circumcises with “knives of stone,” making a righteous people.
- “Knives of stone” (Josh 5:2): Justin reads Joshua (Greek Ἰησοῦς) as a figure of Jesus; see ch. 113.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 24.2 (Archambault 1:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-24-2).
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24.3Archambault 1:110
Δεῦτε σὺν ἐμοὶ πάντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν θεόν, οἱ θέλοντες τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἰδεῖν. Δεῦτε, πορευθῶμεν τῷ φωτὶ κυρίου· ἀνῆκε γὰρ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸν οἶκον Ἰακώβ. Δεῦτε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, συναχθῶμεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν μηκέτι πολεμουμένην διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας τῶν λαῶν. Ἐμφανὴς γὰρ ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν, εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσι, βοᾷ διὰ Ἡσαίου.
Deute syn emoi pantes hoi phoboumenoi ton theon, hoi thelontes ta agatha Hierousalēm idein. Deute, poreuthōmen tǭ phōti kyriou; anēke gar ton laon autou, ton oikon Iakōb. Deute panta ta ethnē, synachthōmen eis Hierousalēm tēn mēketi polemoumenēn dia tas anomias tōn laōn. Emphanēs gar egenēthēn tois eme mē zētousin, heurethēn tois eme mē eperōtōsi, boą dia Hēsaiou.
“Come with me, all who fear God, who wish to see the good things of Jerusalem. ‘Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord; for he has set free his people, the house of Jacob.’ Come, all nations, let us be gathered to Jerusalem, which is no longer warred against because of the transgressions of the peoples. ‘For I was made manifest to those who did not seek me, I was found by those who did not ask for me,’ he cries through Isaiah.
Isa 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 2:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 128:5 (127:5 LXX) (echo, low confidence) · Isa 65:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Justin invites all to the new Jerusalem; Isaiah foretold that the Gentiles would find God.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 24.3 (Archambault 1:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-24-3).
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24.4Archambault 1:110
Εἶπα· ἰδού εἰμι, ἔθνεσιν οἳ οὐκ ἐπεκαλέσαντό μου τὸ ὄνομα. Ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπὶ λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα, τοῖς πορευομένοις ὁδῷ οὐ καλῇ, ἀλλὰ ὀπίσω τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν. Λαὸς ὁ παροξύνων με ἐναντίον μου.
Eipa; idou eimi, ethnesin hoi ouk epekalesanto mou to onoma. Exepetasa tas cheiras mou holēn tēn hēmeran epi laon apeithounta kai antilegonta, tois poreuomenois hodǭ ou kalę̄, alla opisō tōn hamartiōn autōn. Laos ho paroxynōn me enantion mou.
“‘I said, Here I am, to nations who did not call on my name. I spread out my hands all the day to a disobedient and contradicting people, to those who walk in a way that is not good, but after their sins. A people that provokes me before my face.’
Isa 65:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 65:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 65:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isa 65:1–3.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 24.4 (Archambault 1:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-24-4).
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Chapter 25
25.1Archambault 1:110–112
Σὺν ἡμῖν καὶ κληρονομῆσαι βουλήσονται κἂν ὀλίγον τόπον οὗτοι οἱ δικαιοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς καὶ λέγοντες εἶναι τέκνα Ἀβραάμ, ὡς διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου βοᾷ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν λέγων τάδε·
Syn hēmin kai klēronomēsai boulēsontai kan oligon topon houtoi hoi dikaiountes heautous kai legontes einai tekna Abraam, hōs dia tou Hēsaïou boą to hagion pneuma, hōs apo prosōpou autōn legōn tade;
“These men who justify themselves and say they are children of Abraham will wish to inherit with us even a little place, as the Holy Spirit cries through Isaiah, saying as from their person:
Matt 3:9 (echo, medium confidence) · Luke 16:15 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isaiah foresaw that the self-righteous would seek a share with the Gentiles.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slips (stray full stop; Ἡσαΐου garbled)): κἄν ὀλίγον → κἂν ὀλίγον; Ἀβραάμ., ὡς διὰ τοῦ ῾Πσαΐου → Ἀβραάμ, ὡς διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.1 (Archambault 1:110–112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-1).
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25.2Archambault 1:112
Ἐπίστρεψον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἴδε ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἁγίου σου καὶ δόξης. Ποῦ δή ἐστιν ὁ ζῆλός σου καὶ ἡ ἰσχύς; Ποῦ ἔστι τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους σου, ὅτι ἀνέσχου ἡμῶν, κύριε; Σὺ γὰρ ἡμῶν εἶ πατήρ, ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἔγνω ἡμᾶς, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἐπέγνω ἡμᾶς. Ἀλλὰ σύ, κύριε πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς· ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐστι. Τί ἐπλάνησας ἡμᾶς, κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ σου, ἐσκλήρυνας ἡμῶν τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθαί σε;
Epistrepson ek tou ouranou, kai ide ek tou oikou tou hagiou sou kai doxēs. Pou dē estin ho zēlos sou kai hē ischys? Pou esti to plēthos tou eleous sou, hoti aneschou hēmōn, kyrie? Sy gar hēmōn ei patēr, hoti Abraam ouk egnō hēmas, kai Israēl ouk epegnō hēmas. Alla sy, kyrie patēr hēmōn, rhysai hēmas; apʼ archēs to onoma sou ephʼ hēmas esti. Ti eplanēsas hēmas, kyrie, apo tēs hodou sou, esklērynas hēmōn tēn kardian tou mē phobeisthai se?
“‘Turn from heaven, and look from your holy and glorious house. Where is your zeal and your strength? Where is the abundance of your mercy, that you have borne with us, Lord? For you are our Father, for Abraham did not know us, and Israel did not acknowledge us. But you, Lord our Father, deliver us; from the beginning your name has been upon us. Why have you made us stray, Lord, from your way, and hardened our heart so that we do not fear you?
Isa 63:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isa 63:15–17.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.2 (Archambault 1:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-2).
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25.3Archambault 1:112
Ἐπίστρεψον διὰ τοὺς δούλους σου, διὰ τὰς φυλὰς τῆς κληρονομίας σου, ἵνα μικρὸν κληρονομήσωμεν τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἁγίου σου. Ἐγενόμεθα ὡς τὸ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ὅτε οὐκ ἦρξας ἡμῶν, οὐδὲ ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς. Ἐὰν ἀνοίξῃς τὸν οὐρανόν, τρόμος λήψεται ἀπὸ σοῦ ὄρη, καὶ τακήσονται ὡς ἀπὸ πυρὸς κηρὸς τήκεται· καὶ κατακαύσει πῦρ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους, καὶ φανερὸν ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις, ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ἔθνη ταραχθήσονται.
Epistrepson dia tous doulous sou, dia tas phylas tēs klēronomias sou, hina mikron klēronomēsōmen tou orous tou hagiou sou. Egenometha hōs to apʼ archēs, hote ouk ērxas hēmōn, oude epeklēthē to onoma sou ephʼ hēmas. Ean anoixę̄s ton ouranon, tromos lēpsetai apo sou orē, kai takēsontai hōs apo pyros kēros tēketai; kai katakausei pyr tous hypenantious, kai phaneron estai to onoma sou en tois hypenantiois, apo prosōpou sou ethnē tarachthēsontai.
“‘Return for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes of your inheritance, that we may inherit a little of your holy mountain. We have become as at the beginning, when you did not rule over us, nor was your name called upon us. If you open the heaven, trembling from you will seize the mountains, and they will melt as wax melts before fire; and fire will burn up your adversaries, and your name will be manifest among your adversaries; the nations will be troubled at your presence.
Isa 63:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:2 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 63:17–64:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (letters transposed); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (missing accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): τὸν οὐρανον → τὸν οὐρανόν; τὸ ὀνομά σου → τὸ ὄνομά σου; σου ἔθην ταραχθήσονται → σου ἔθνη ταραχθήσονται.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.3 (Archambault 1:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-3).
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25.4Archambault 1:112–114
Ὅταν ποιῆς τὰ ἔνδοξα, τρόμος λήψεται ἀπὸ σοῦ ὄρη. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσαμεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν εἶδον θεὸν πλὴν σοῦ καὶ τὰ ἔργα σου. Ποιήσει τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν ἔλεον. Συναντήσεται τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὸ δίκαιον, καὶ τῶν ὁδῶν σου μνησθήσονται. Ἰδοὺ σὺ ὠργίσθης, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἡμάρτομεν. Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπλανήθημεν καὶ ἐγενόμεθα ἀκάθαρτοι πάντες, καὶ ὡς ῥάκος ἀποκαθημένης πᾶσα ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐξερρύημεν ὡς φύλλα διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν· οὕτως ἄνεμος οἴσει ἡμᾶς.
Hotan poiēs ta endoxa, tromos lēpsetai apo sou orē. Apo tou aiōnos ouk ēkousamen, oude hoi ophthalmoi hēmōn eidon theon plēn sou kai ta erga sou. Poiēsei tois metanoousin eleon. Synantēsetai tois poiousi to dikaion, kai tōn hodōn sou mnēsthēsontai. Idou sy ōrgisthēs, kai hēmeis hēmartomen. Dia touto eplanēthēmen kai egenometha akathartoi pantes, kai hōs rhakos apokathēmenēs pasa hē dikaiosynē hēmōn, kai exerryēmen hōs phylla dia tas anomias hēmōn; houtōs anemos oisei hēmas.
“‘When you do glorious things, trembling from you will seize the mountains. From of old we have not heard, nor have our eyes seen a God besides you, and your works. He will show mercy to those who repent. He will meet those who do what is right, and they will remember your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. Therefore we went astray, and we all became unclean, and all our righteousness is like a filthy rag, and we fell away like leaves because of our transgressions; so the wind will carry us away.
Isa 64:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 64:3–6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): καὶ τά ἔργα σου → καὶ τὰ ἔργα σου.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.4 (Archambault 1:112–114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-4).
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25.5Archambault 1:114
Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ οὐ μνησθεὶς ἀντιλαβέσθαι σου, ὅτι ἀπέστρεψας τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν καὶ παρέδωκας ἡμᾶς διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν. Καὶ νῦν ἐπίστρεψον, κύριε, ὅτι λαός σου πάντες ἡμεῖς. Ἡ πόλις τοῦ ἁγίου σου ἐγενήθη ἔρημος, Σιὼν ὡς ἔρημος ἐγενήθη, Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς κατάραν· ὁ οἶκος, τὸ ἅγιον ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡ δόξα, ἣν εὐλόγησαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, ἐγενήθη πυρίκαυστος, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἔνδοξα συνέπεσε. Καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἀνέσχου, κύριε, καὶ ἐσιώπησας, καὶ ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς σφόδρα.
Kai ouk estin ho epikaloumenos to onoma sou kai ou mnēstheis antilabesthai sou, hoti apestrepsas to prosōpon sou aphʼ hēmōn kai paredōkas hēmas dia tas hamartias hēmōn. Kai nyn epistrepson, kyrie, hoti laos sou pantes hēmeis. Hē polis tou hagiou sou egenēthē erēmos, Siōn hōs erēmos egenēthē, Hierousalēm eis kataran; ho oikos, to hagion hēmōn, kai hē doxa, hēn eulogēsan hoi pateres hēmōn, egenēthē pyrikaustos, kai panta ta ethnē endoxa synepese. Kai epi toutois aneschou, kyrie, kai esiōpēsas, kai etapeinōsas hēmas sphodra.
“‘And there is none who calls on your name, or who remembers to take hold of you; for you have turned your face away from us, and handed us over because of our sins. And now return, Lord, for we are all your people. The city of your holy one has become a desert; Zion has become as a desert, Jerusalem a curse; the house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burned with fire, and all the glorious nations have fallen together. And at these things you have held back, Lord, and been silent, and humbled us greatly.’”
Isa 64:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:12 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 64:7–12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong letter)): νῦν ἐπίστρεφον → νῦν ἐπίστρεψον.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.5 (Archambault 1:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-5).
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25.6Archambault 1:114
Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Τί οὖν ἐστιν ὃ λέγεις, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν κληρονομήσει ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδέν.
Kai ho Tryphōn; Ti oun estin ho legeis, hoti oudeis hēmōn klēronomēsei en tǭ orei tǭ hagiǭ tou theou ouden.
And Trypho said, “What then do you mean? That none of us will inherit anything on the holy mountain of God?”
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Summary: Trypho asks whether no Jew will inherit God's holy mountain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἐστιν ὅ λέγεις → ἐστιν ὃ λέγεις.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 25.6 (Archambault 1:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-25-6).
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Chapter 26
26.1Archambault 1:114–116
Κἀγώ· Οὐ τοῦτό φημι, ἀλλʼ οἱ τὸν Χριστὸν διώξαντες καὶ διώκοντες καὶ μὴ μετανοοῦντες οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ οὐδέν· τὰ δὲ ἔθνη τὰ πιστεύσαντα εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ μετανοήσαντα ἐφʼ οἷς ἥμαρτον, αὐτοὶ κληρονομήσουσι μετὰ τῶν πατριαρχῶν καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῶν δικαίων ὅσοι ἀπὸ Ἰακὼβ γεγέννηνται· εἰ καὶ μὴ σαββατίζουσι μηδὲ περιτέμνονται μηδὲ τὰς ἑορτὰς φυλάσσουσι, πάντως κληρονομήσουσι τὴν ἁγίαν τοῦ θεοῦ κληρονομίαν.
Kagō; Ou touto phēmi, allʼ hoi ton Christon diōxantes kai diōkontes kai mē metanoountes ou klēronomēsousin en tǭ orei tǭ hagiǭ ouden; ta de ethnē ta pisteusanta eis auton kai metanoēsanta ephʼ hois hēmarton, autoi klēronomēsousi meta tōn patriarchōn kai tōn prophētōn kai tōn dikaiōn hosoi apo Iakōb gegennēntai; ei kai mē sabbatizousi mēde peritemnontai mēde tas heortas phylassousi, pantōs klēronomēsousi tēn hagian tou theou klēronomian.
And I said, “I do not say this; but those who persecuted and persecute Christ and do not repent will inherit nothing on the holy mountain; while the nations who have believed in him and repented of their sins will inherit with the patriarchs and the prophets and all the righteous descended from Jacob; and even if they do not keep the Sabbath nor are circumcised nor keep the feasts, they will certainly inherit the holy inheritance of God.
Matt 8:11 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Justin replies that only the unrepentant who persecute Christ are excluded; believing Gentiles will inherit with the patriarchs.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 26.1 (Archambault 1:114–116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-26-1).
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26.2Archambault 1:116
Λέγει γὰρ ὁ θεὸς διὰ Ἡσαΐου οὕτως· Ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐκάλεσά σε ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ κρατήσω τῆς χειρός σου καὶ ἰσχύσω σε, καὶ ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, ἀνοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλῶν, ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ δεσμῶν πεπεδημένους καὶ ἐξ οἴκου φυλακῆς καθημένους ἐν σκότει.
Legei gar ho theos dia Hēsaïou houtōs; Egō kyrios ho theos ekalesa se en dikaiosynę̄, kai kratēsō tēs cheiros sou kai ischysō se, kai edōka se eis diathēkēn genous, eis phōs ethnōn, anoixai ophthalmous typhlōn, exagagein ek desmōn pepedēmenous kai ex oikou phylakēs kathēmenous en skotei.
“For God says through Isaiah thus: ‘I the Lord God have called you in righteousness, and I will hold your hand and strengthen you, and I have given you for a covenant of the race, for a light of the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out those bound from their bonds, and those who sit in darkness from the prison house.’
Isa 42:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:7 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 42:6–7.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 26.2 (Archambault 1:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-26-2).
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26.3Archambault 1:116
Καὶ πάλιν· Ἐξάρατε σύσσημον εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ κύριος ἐποίησεν ἀκουστὸν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς· εἴπατε ταῖς θυγατράσι Σιών· ἰδού σοι ὁ σωτὴρ παραγέγονεν ἀπέχων τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μισθόν, καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. Καὶ καλέσει αὐτὸν λαὸν ἅγιον, λελυτρωμένον ὑπὸ κυρίου, σὺ δὲ κληθήσῃ ἐπιζητουμένη πόλις καὶ οὐ καταλελειμμένη. Τίς οὗτος ὁ παραγινόμενος ἐξ Ἐδώμ, ἐρύθημα ἱματίων αὐτοῦ ἐκ Βοσόρ; οὗτος ὡραῖος ἐν στολῇ, ἀναβαίνων βίᾳ μετὰ ἰσχύος; ἐγὼ διαλέγομαι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν σωτηρίου.
Kai palin; Exarate syssēmon eis ta ethnē. Idou gar kyrios epoiēsen akouston heōs eschatou tēs gēs; eipate tais thygatrasi Siōn; idou soi ho sōtēr paragegonen apechōn ton heautou misthon, kai to ergon apo prosōpou autou. Kai kalesei auton laon hagion, lelytrōmenon hypo kyriou, sy de klēthēsę̄ epizētoumenē polis kai ou kataleleimmenē. Tis houtos ho paraginomenos ex Edōm, erythēma himatiōn autou ek Bosor? houtos hōraios en stolę̄, anabainōn bią meta ischyos? egō dialegomai dikaiosynēn kai krisin sōtēriou.
“And again: ‘Lift up a signal to the nations. For behold, the Lord has made it heard to the end of the earth; say to the daughters of Zion: Behold, your Savior has come, having his reward, and his work before his face. And he will call them a holy people, redeemed by the Lord; and you shall be called a city sought out and not forsaken. Who is this who comes from Edom, with red garments from Bozrah, this one beautiful in his robe, coming up in might with strength? I speak righteousness and judgment of salvation.
Isa 62:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 62:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 62:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 62:10–63:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray full stop in the digital text): Ἐδώμ., ἐρύθημα → Ἐδώμ, ἐρύθημα.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 26.3 (Archambault 1:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-26-3).
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26.4Archambault 1:116–118
Διὰ τί σου ἐρυθρὰ τὰ ἱμάτια, καὶ τὰ ἐνδύματά σου ὡς ἀπὸ πατητοῦ ληνοῦ; πλήρης καταπεπατημένης ληνὸν ἐπάτησα μονώτατος, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ μετʼ ἐμοῦ· καὶ κατεπάτησα αὐτοὺς ἐν θυμῷ, καὶ κατέθλασα αὐτοὺς ὡς γῆν, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν εἰς γῆν. Ἡμέρα γὰρ ἀνταποδόσεως ἦλθεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐνιαυτὸς λυτρώσεως πάρεστι. Καὶ ἐπέβλεψα καὶ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός, καὶ προσενόησα καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀντελάβετο· καὶ ἐρρύσατο ὁ βραχίων, καὶ ὁ θυμός μου ἐπέστη· καὶ κατεπάτησα αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν εἰς γῆν.
Dia ti sou erythra ta himatia, kai ta endymata sou hōs apo patētou lēnou? plērēs katapepatēmenēs lēnon epatēsa monōtatos, kai tōn ethnōn ouk estin anēr metʼ emou; kai katepatēsa autous en thymǭ, kai katethlasa autous hōs gēn, kai katēgagon to haima autōn eis gēn. Hēmera gar antapodoseōs ēlthen autois, kai eniautos lytrōseōs paresti. Kai epeblepsa kai ouk ēn boēthos, kai prosenoēsa kai oudeis antelabeto; kai errysato ho brachiōn, kai ho thymos mou epestē; kai katepatēsa autous en tę̄ orgę̄ mou, kai katēgagon to haima autōn eis gēn.
“‘Why are your garments red, and your clothing as from a trodden winepress? I have trodden the winepress full of trodden grapes alone, and of the nations there is no man with me; and I trod them down in my wrath, and crushed them like earth, and brought down their blood to the earth. For the day of recompense has come upon them, and the year of redemption is here. And I looked, and there was no helper; and I observed, and no one supported; and my arm delivered, and my wrath came upon them; and I trod them down in my anger, and brought down their blood to the earth.’”
Isa 63:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 63:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isa 63:2–6.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 26.4 (Archambault 1:116–118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-26-4).
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Chapter 27
27.1Archambault 1:118
Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Διὰ τί ἅπερ βούλει ἐκλεγόμενος ἀπὸ τῶν προφητικῶν λόγων λέγεις, ἃ δὲ διαρρήδην κελεύει σαββατίζειν οὐ μέμνησαι; διὰ γὰρ Ἡσαΐου οὕτως εἴρηται· Ἐὰν ἀποστρέψῃς τὸν πόδα σου ἀπὸ τῶν σαββάτων τοῦ μὴ ποιεῖν τὰ θελήματά σου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἁγίᾳ, καὶ καλέσῃς τὰ σάββατα τρυφερὰ ἅγια τοῦ θεοῦ σου, οὐκ ἄρῃς τὸν πόδα σου ἐπʼ ἔργον οὐδὲ μὴ λαλήσῃς λόγον ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου, καὶ ἔσῃ πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον, καὶ ἀναβιβάσει σε ἐπὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ ψωμιεῖ σε τὴν κληρονομίαν Ἰακώβ, τοῦ πατρός σου· τὸ γὰρ στόμα κυρίου ἐλάλησε ταῦτα.
Kai ho Tryphōn; Dia ti haper boulei eklegomenos apo tōn prophētikōn logōn legeis, ha de diarrēdēn keleuei sabbatizein ou memnēsai? dia gar Hēsaïou houtōs eirētai; Ean apostrepsę̄s ton poda sou apo tōn sabbatōn tou mē poiein ta thelēmata sou en tę̄ hēmerą tę̄ hagią, kai kalesę̄s ta sabbata tryphera hagia tou theou sou, ouk arę̄s ton poda sou epʼ ergon oude mē lalēsę̄s logon ek tou stomatos sou, kai esę̄ pepoithōs epi kyrion, kai anabibasei se epi ta agatha tēs gēs kai psōmiei se tēn klēronomian Iakōb, tou patros sou; to gar stoma kyriou elalēse tauta.
And Trypho said, “Why do you choose from the prophetic words whatever you wish, but do not mention those that expressly command us to keep the Sabbath? For through Isaiah it is said thus: ‘If you turn your foot away from the Sabbaths, so as not to do your own will on the holy day, and call the Sabbaths delightful, holy to your God, if you do not lift your foot to work nor speak a word from your mouth, then you shall trust in the Lord, and he will make you ride on the good things of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.’”
Isa 58:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 58:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Trypho objects that Justin ignores Isaiah's command to keep the Sabbath.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 27.1 (Archambault 1:118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-27-1).
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27.2Archambault 1:118–120
Κἀγώ· Οὐκ ὡς ἐναντιουμένων μοι τῶν τοιούτων προφητειῶν, ὦ φίλοι, παρέλιπον αὐτάς, ἀλλὰ ὡς ὑμῶν νενοηκότων καὶ νοούντων ὅτι, κἂν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν κελεύῃ ὑμῖν τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖν ἃ καὶ διὰ Μωσέως ἐκέλευσε, διὰ τὸ σκληροκάρδιον ὑμῶν καὶ ἀχάριστον εἰς αὐτὸν ἀεὶ τὰ αὐτὰ βοᾷ, ἵνα κἂν οὕτως ποτὲ μετανοήσαντες εὐαρεστῆτε αὐτῷ, καὶ μήτε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς δαιμονίοις θύητε, μήτε ἦτε κοινωνοὶ κλεπτῶν καὶ φιλοῦντες δῶρα καὶ διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα, ὀρφανοῖς οὐ κρίνοντες καὶ κρίσει χήρας οὐ προσέχοντες, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ πλήρεις τὰς χεῖρας αἵματος.
Kagō; Ouk hōs enantioumenōn moi tōn toioutōn prophēteiōn, ō philoi, parelipon autas, alla hōs hymōn nenoēkotōn kai noountōn hoti, kan dia pantōn tōn prophētōn keleuę̄ hymin ta auta poiein ha kai dia Mōseōs ekeleuse, dia to sklērokardion hymōn kai achariston eis auton aei ta auta boą, hina kan houtōs pote metanoēsantes euarestēte autǭ, kai mēte ta tekna hymōn tois daimoniois thyēte, mēte ēte koinōnoi kleptōn kai philountes dōra kai diōkontes antapodoma, orphanois ou krinontes kai krisei chēras ou prosechontes, allʼ oude plēreis tas cheiras haimatos.
And I said, “I did not pass over such prophecies, friends, as though they were against me, but because you have understood and do understand that, even if he commands you through all the prophets to do the same things he commanded through Moses, he is always crying the same things because of your hardness of heart and ingratitude toward him, so that even so you may some day repent and please him, and neither sacrifice your children to demons, nor be companions of thieves, loving gifts and pursuing rewards, not judging for the orphan nor attending to the cause of the widow, nor having your hands full of blood.
Ps 106:37 (105:37 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 1:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The prophets repeat Moses' commands because of Israel's hardness of heart.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 27.2 (Archambault 1:118–120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-27-2).
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27.3Archambault 1:120
Καὶ γὰρ αἱ θυγατέρες Σιὼν ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν ὑψηλῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ ἐν νεύμασιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἄμα παίζουσαι καὶ σύρουσαι τοὺς χιτῶνας. Καὶ πάντες γὰρ ἐξέκλιναν, βοᾷ, πάντες ἅμα ἠχρειώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. Ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν, τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν.
Kai gar hai thygateres Siōn eporeuthēsan en hypsēlǭ trachēlǭ, kai en neumasin ophthalmōn ama paizousai kai syrousai tous chitōnas. Kai pantes gar exeklinan, boą, pantes hama ēchreiōthēsan; ouk estin ho syniōn, ouk estin heōs henos. Tais glōssais autōn edoliousan, taphos aneǭgmenos ho larynx autōn, ios aspidōn hypo ta cheilē autōn, syntrimma kai talaipōria en tais hodois autōn, kai hodon eirēnēs ouk egnōsan.
“For the daughters of Zion have walked with lofty necks, playing with winks of the eyes and trailing their tunics. And ‘all have turned aside,’ he cries, ‘they have all together become useless; there is none who understands, there is not even one. With their tongues they have practiced deceit; their throat is an open grave; the poison of asps is under their lips; ruin and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace they have not known.’
Isa 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 14:3 (13:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 5:9 (5:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 140:3 (139:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 59:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 59:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 3:10 (echo, high confidence) · Rom 3:17 (echo, high confidence)
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Summary: Isaiah and the Psalms describe the people's sin.
- Justin's chain of quotations matches the one in Rom 3:10–17, drawn from Ps 14, 5, 140, and Isa 59.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): αἰ θυγατέρες → αἱ θυγατέρες.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 27.3 (Archambault 1:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-27-3).
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27.4Archambault 1:120–122
Ὥστε ὃν τρόπον τὴν ἀρχὴν διὰ τάς κακίας ὑμῶν ταῦτα ἐντέταλτο, ὁμοίως διὰ τὴν ἐν τούτοις ὑπομονήν, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπίτασιν, διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀνάμνησιν αὐτοῦ καὶ γνῶσιν ὑμᾶς καλεῖ. Ὑμεῖς δὲ λαὸς σκληροκάρδιος καὶ ἀσύνετος καὶ τυφλὸς καὶ χωλὸς καὶ υἱοὶ οἷς οὐκ ἔστι πίστις ἐν αὐτοῖς, ὡς αὐτὸς λέγει, ἐστέ, τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτὸν μόνον τιμῶντες, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ πόρρω αὐτοῦ ὄντες, ἰδίας διδασκαλίας καὶ μὴ τὰ ἐκείνου διδάσκοντες.
Hōste hon tropon tēn archēn dia tas kakias hymōn tauta entetalto, homoiōs dia tēn en toutois hypomonēn, mallon de epitasin, dia tōn autōn eis anamnēsin autou kai gnōsin hymas kalei. Hymeis de laos sklērokardios kai asynetos kai typhlos kai chōlos kai huioi hois ouk esti pistis en autois, hōs autos legei, este, tois cheilesin auton monon timōntes, tę̄ de kardią porrō autou ontes, idias didaskalias kai mē ta ekeinou didaskontes.
“So just as these things were commanded in the beginning because of your wickedness, likewise, because of your persistence in it, or rather your increase in it, he calls you by the same means to remembrance and knowledge of him. But you are a hard-hearted and senseless people, blind and lame, and sons in whom there is no faith, as he himself says, honoring him with your lips only, but far from him in your heart, teaching your own doctrines and not his.
Deut 32:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 29:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 15:8 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Israel's persistence in sin made the prophets repeat the law.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 27.4 (Archambault 1:120–122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-27-4).
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27.5Archambault 1:122
Ἐπεὶ, εἴπατέ μοι, τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς ἁμαρτάνειν τοῖς σάββασι προσφέροντας τὰς προσφορὰς ἐβούλετο ὁ θεὸς, ἢ τοὺς περιτεμνομένους καὶ περιτέμνοντας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων, κελεύων τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἐκ παντὸς περιτέμνεσθαι τοὺς γεννηθέντας ὁμοίως, κἂν ᾖ ἡμέρα τῶν σαββάτων; Ἢ οὐκ ἠδύνατο πρὸ μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἢ μετὰ μίαν ἡμέραν τοῦ σαββάτου ἐνεργεῖν περιτέμνεσθαι τοὺς γεννωμένους, εἰ ἠπίστατο κακὸν εἶναι ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν; ἢ καὶ τοὺς πρὸ Μωσέως καὶ Ἀβραὰμ ὠνομασμένους δικαίους καὶ εὐαρέστους αὐτῷ γενομένους, μήτε τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν περιτετμημένους μήτε τὰ σάββατα φυλάξαντας, διὰ τί οὐκ ἐδίδασκε ταῦτα ποιεῖν;
Epei, eipate moi, tous archiereis hamartanein tois sabbasi prospherontas tas prosphoras ebouleto ho theos, ē tous peritemnomenous kai peritemnontas tę̄ hēmerą tōn sabbatōn, keleuōn tę̄ hēmerą tę̄ ogdoę̄ ek pantos peritemnesthai tous gennēthentas homoiōs, kan ę̄ hēmera tōn sabbatōn? Ē ouk ēdynato pro mias hēmeras ē meta mian hēmeran tou sabbatou energein peritemnesthai tous gennōmenous, ei ēpistato kakon einai en tois sabbasin? ē kai tous pro Mōseōs kai Abraam ōnomasmenous dikaious kai euarestous autǭ genomenous, mēte tēn akrobystian peritetmēmenous mēte ta sabbata phylaxantas, dia ti ouk edidaske tauta poiein?
“For, tell me, did God want the high priests to sin by offering the offerings on the Sabbaths? Or those who are circumcised and who circumcise on the Sabbath day, when he commands that those born be circumcised on the eighth day in every case, even if it is a Sabbath day? Or could he not have had those born circumcised one day before or one day after the Sabbath, if he knew it was wrong on the Sabbath? Or why did he not teach those named before Moses and Abraham as righteous and pleasing to him, who were neither circumcised nor kept Sabbaths, to do these things?”
Matt 12:5 (echo, high confidence) · John 7:22 (echo, high confidence) · John 7:23 (echo, high confidence)
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Summary: Priests sacrifice and infants are circumcised on the Sabbath; so the Sabbath is not absolute.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (missing letter); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): κἄν ᾖ ἡμέρα → κἂν ᾖ ἡμέρα; Ἣ οὐκ ἠδύνατο → Ἢ οὐκ ἠδύνατο; ἡμέραν το σαββάτου → ἡμέραν τοῦ σαββάτου.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 27.5 (Archambault 1:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-27-5).
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Chapter 28
28.1Archambault 1:122
Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Καὶ πρότερον ἀκηκόαμέν σου τοῦτο προβάλλοντος καὶ ἐπεστήσαμεν· ἄξιον γάρ, ὡς ἀληθῶς εἰπεῖν, ἐπιστάσεως. Καὶ οὔ μοι, ὃ τοῖς πολλοῖς, δοκεῖ λέγειν, ὅτι ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι πρόφασις ἀεὶ τοῖς μὴ δυναμένοις ἀποκρίνασθαι πρὸς τὸ ζητούμενον.
Kai ho Tryphōn; Kai proteron akēkoamen sou touto proballontos kai epestēsamen; axion gar, hōs alēthōs eipein, epistaseōs. Kai ou moi, ho tois pollois, dokei legein, hoti edoxen autǭ; touto gar esti prophasis aei tois mē dynamenois apokrinasthai pros to zētoumenon.
And Trypho said, “We have heard you put this forward before, and we paid attention; for to tell the truth it deserves attention. And I do not think, as most do, that the answer is to say that it pleased him; for that is always the excuse of those who cannot answer the question.”
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Summary: Trypho concedes the point deserves attention.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ὅ τοῖς πολλοῖς → ὃ τοῖς πολλοῖς.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.1 (Archambault 1:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-1).
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28.2Archambault 1:122–124
Κἀγώ· Ἐπειδὴ ἀπό τε τῶν γραφῶν καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων τάς τε ἀποδείξεις καὶ τὰς ὁμιλίας ποιοῦμαι, ἔλεγον, μὴ ὑπερτίθεσθε μηδὲ διστάζετε πιστεῦσαι τῷ ἀπεριτμήτῳ ἐμοί. Βραχὺς οὗτος ὑμῖν περιλείπεται προσηλύσεως χρόνος· ἐὰν φθάσῃ ὁ Χριστὸς ἐλθεῖν, μάτην μετανοήσετε, μάτην κλαύσετε· οὐ γὰρ εἰσακούσεται ὑμῶν. Νεώσατε ἑαυτοῖς νεώματα, Ἱερεμίας τῷ λαῷ κέκραγε, καὶ μὴ σπείρετε ἐπʼ ἀκάνθας. Περιτέμνετε τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ περιτέμνεσθε τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν.
Kagō; Epeidē apo te tōn graphōn kai tōn pragmatōn tas te apodeixeis kai tas homilias poioumai, elegon, mē hypertithesthe mēde distazete pisteusai tǭ aperitmētǭ emoi. Brachys houtos hymin perileipetai prosēlyseōs chronos; ean phthasę̄ ho Christos elthein, matēn metanoēsete, matēn klausete; ou gar eisakousetai hymōn. Neōsate heautois neōmata, Hieremias tǭ laǭ kekrage, kai mē speirete epʼ akanthas. Peritemnete tǭ kyriǭ, kai peritemnesthe tēn akrobystian tēs kardias hymōn.
And I said, “Since I make my proofs and discussions from the Scriptures and the facts, do not delay or hesitate to believe me, though I am uncircumcised. This short time is left you for becoming proselytes; if Christ comes first, you will repent in vain, you will weep in vain; for he will not hear you. ‘Break up your fallow ground,’ Jeremiah has cried to the people, ‘and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart.’
Jer 4:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 4:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Justin urges them to believe before Christ returns, quoting Jeremiah on circumcising the heart.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.2 (Archambault 1:122–124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-2).
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28.3Archambault 1:124
Μὴ οὖν εἰς ἀκάνθας σπείρετε καὶ ἀνήροτον χωρίον, ὅθεν ὑμῖν καρπὸς οὐκ ἔστι. Γνῶτε τὸν Χριστόν, καὶ ἰδοὺ νειὸς καλή, καλὴ καὶ πίων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπὶ πάντας περιτετμημένους ἀκροβυστίας αὐτῶν, ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐδὼμ καὶ ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Μωάβ, ὅτι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἀπερίτμητα καὶ πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ ἀπερίτμητος καρδίας αὐτῶν.
Mē oun eis akanthas speirete kai anēroton chōrion, hothen hymin karpos ouk esti. Gnōte ton Christon, kai idou neios kalē, kalē kai piōn en tais kardiais hymōn. Idou gar hēmerai erchontai, legei kyrios, kai episkepsomai epi pantas peritetmēmenous akrobystias autōn, epʼ Aigypton kai epi Ioudan kai epi Edōm kai epi huious Mōab, hoti panta ta ethnē aperitmēta kai pas oikos Israēl aperitmētos kardias autōn.
“Do not, then, sow among thorns and in unplowed ground, from which you have no fruit. Know Christ, and behold, there is fine fallow ground, fine and rich, in your hearts. ‘For behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will visit all who are circumcised in their foreskins, Egypt and Judah and Edom and the sons of Moab; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in their hearts.’
Jer 9:25 (9:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 9:26 (9:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Jer 9:25–26: all nations and Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἰδοῦ νειὸς → ἰδοὺ νειὸς.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.3 (Archambault 1:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-3).
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28.4Archambault 1:124–126
Ὁρᾶτε ὡς οὐ ταύτην τὴν περιτομὴν τὴν εἰς σημεῖον δοθεῖσαν ὁ θεὸς θέλει· οὐδὲ γὰρ Αἰγυπτίοις χρήσιμος οὐδὲ τοῖς υἱοῖς Μωὰβ οὐδὲ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἐδώμ. Ἀλλὰ κἂν Σκύθης ᾖ τις ἢ Πέρσης, ἔχει δὲ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ γνῶσιν καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ φυλάσσει τὰ αἰώνια δίκαια, περιτέτμηται τὴν καλὴν καὶ ὠφέλιμον περιτομήν, καὶ φίλος ἐστὶ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς προσφοραῖς χαίρει.
Horate hōs ou tautēn tēn peritomēn tēn eis sēmeion dotheisan ho theos thelei; oude gar Aigyptiois chrēsimos oude tois huiois Mōab oude tois huiois Edōm. Alla kan Skythēs ę̄ tis ē Persēs, echei de tēn tou theou gnōsin kai tou Christou autou kai phylassei ta aiōnia dikaia, peritetmētai tēn kalēn kai ōphelimon peritomēn, kai philos esti tǭ theǭ, kai epi tois dōrois autou kai tais prosphorais chairei.
“You see that God does not want this circumcision given as a sign; for it is of no use to the Egyptians, nor to the sons of Moab, nor to the sons of Edom. But even if someone is a Scythian or a Persian, but has the knowledge of God and of his Christ and keeps the eternal righteous precepts, he has been circumcised with the good and profitable circumcision, and is a friend of God, and God rejoices in his gifts and offerings.
Col 3:11 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Any Gentile who knows God and Christ has the true circumcision.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): κἄν Σκύθης → κἂν Σκύθης.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.4 (Archambault 1:124–126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-4).
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28.5Archambault 1:126
Παρέξω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἄνδρες φίλοι, καὶ αὐτοῦ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁπότε πρὸς τὸν λαὸν εἶπε διὰ Μαλαχίου, ἑνὸς τῶν δώδεκα προφητῶν. Ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα· οὐκ ἔστι θέλημά μου ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει κύριος, καὶ τὰς θυσίας ὑμῶν οὐ προσδέχομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν· διότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυσία προσφέρεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου καὶ θυσία καθαρά, ὅτι τιμᾶται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, λέγει κύριος, ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτό.
Parexō de hymin, andres philoi, kai autou rhēmata tou theou, hopote pros ton laon eipe dia Malachiou, henos tōn dōdeka prophētōn. Esti de tauta; ouk esti thelēma mou en hymin, legei kyrios, kai tas thysias hymōn ou prosdechomai ek tōn cheirōn hymōn; dioti apo anatolēs hēliou heōs dysmōn to onoma mou dedoxastai en tois ethnesi, kai en panti topǭ thysia prospheretai tǭ onomati mou kai thysia kathara, hoti timatai to onoma mou en tois ethnesi, legei kyrios, hymeis de bebēloute auto.
“And I will give you, friends, the words of God himself, when he spoke to the people through Malachi, one of the twelve prophets. They are these: ‘I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord, and I do not accept your sacrifices from your hands; for from the rising of the sun to its setting my name has been glorified among the nations, and in every place sacrifice is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice; for my name is honored among the nations, says the Lord, but you profane it.’
Mal 1:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:12 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Mal 1:10–12: a pure sacrifice among the nations.
- Justin applies Malachi's “pure sacrifice” to the Christian Eucharist in ch. 41 and 117; compare Did. 14.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.5 (Archambault 1:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-5).
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28.6Archambault 1:126
Καὶ διὰ τοῦ Δαυῒδ ἔφη· λαός, ὃν οὐκ ἔγνων, ἐδούλευσέ μοι· εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ὑπήκουσέ μου.
Kai dia tou Dauïd ephē; laos, hon ouk egnōn, edouleuse moi; eis akoēn ōtiou hypēkouse mou.
“And he said through David: ‘A people whom I did not know served me; at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me.’
Ps 18:43 (17:44 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 18:44 (17:45 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Ps 18:43–44.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): λαός, ὅν οὐκ → λαός, ὃν οὐκ.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 28.6 (Archambault 1:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-28-6).
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Chapter 29
29.1Archambault 1:126
Δοξάσωμεν τὸν θεόν, ἅμα τὰ ἔθνη συνελθόντα, ὅτι καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐπεσκέψατο· δοξάσωμεν αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς δόξης, διὰ τοῦ κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων. Εὐδόκησε γὰρ καὶ εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἥδιον παρʼ ἡμῶν ἢ παρʼ ὑμῶν λαμβάνει. Τίς οὖν ἔτι μοι περιτομῆς λόγος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαρτυρηθέντι; τίς ἐκείνου τοῦ βαπτίσματος χρεία ἁγίῳ πνεύματι βεβαπτισμένῳ;
Doxasōmen ton theon, hama ta ethnē synelthonta, hoti kai hēmas epeskepsato; doxasōmen auton dia tou basileōs tēs doxēs, dia tou kyriou tōn dynameōn. Eudokēse gar kai eis ta ethnē, kai tas thysias hēdion parʼ hēmōn ē parʼ hymōn lambanei. Tis oun eti moi peritomēs logos hypo tou theou martyrēthenti? tis ekeinou tou baptismatos chreia hagiǭ pneumati bebaptismenǭ?
“Let us glorify God, the nations gathered together, because he has visited us too; let us glorify him through the King of glory, through the Lord of hosts. For he has been well pleased with the nations also, and receives sacrifices more gladly from us than from you. What need have I any longer of circumcision, who have been attested by God? What need of that baptism, who have been baptized with the Holy Spirit?
Ps 24:10 (23:10 LXX) (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 15:8 (echo, medium confidence) · Mark 1:8 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Gentile believers, baptized with the Holy Spirit, need neither circumcision nor ritual washing.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 29.1 (Archambault 1:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-29-1).
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29.2Archambault 1:126–128
Ταῦτα οἶμαι λέγων πείσειν καὶ τοὺς βραχὺν νοῦν κεκτημένους. Οὐ γὰρ ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ συνεσκευασμένοι εἰσὶν οἱ λόγοι οὐδὲ τέχνῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κεκαλλωπισμένοι, ἀλλὰ τούτους Δαυῒδ μὲν ἔψαλλεν, Ἡσαίας δὲ εὐηγγελίζετο, Ζαχαρίας δὲ ἐκήρυξε, Μωσῆς δὲ ἀνέγραψεν. Ἐπιγινώσκεις αὐτούς, Τρύφων; ἐν τοῖς ὑμετέροις ἀπόκεινται γράμμασι, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐχ ὑμετέροις ἀλλʼ ἡμετέροις· ἡμεῖς γὰρ αὐτοῖς πειθόμεθα, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀναγινώσκοντες οὐ νοεῖτε τὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς νοῦν.
Tauta oimai legōn peisein kai tous brachyn noun kektēmenous. Ou gar hypʼ emou syneskeuasmenoi eisin hoi logoi oude technę̄ anthrōpinę̄ kekallōpismenoi, alla toutous Dauïd men epsallen, Hēsaias de euēngelizeto, Zacharias de ekēryxe, Mōsēs de anegrapsen. Epiginōskeis autous, Tryphōn? en tois hymeterois apokeintai grammasi, mallon de ouch hymeterois allʼ hēmeterois; hēmeis gar autois peithometha, hymeis de anaginōskontes ou noeite ton en autois noun.
“In saying this I think I shall persuade even those who have little understanding. For these words have not been composed by me nor adorned by human art, but David sang them, Isaiah proclaimed them as good news, Zechariah preached them, and Moses wrote them down. Do you recognize them, Trypho? They are laid up in your writings, or rather not yours, but ours; for we obey them, but you read them and do not understand their meaning.
2 Cor 3:14 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: These are the words of David, Isaiah, Zechariah, and Moses, which belong to Christians who obey them.
- “Not yours, but ours”: an early statement of the Christian claim to the Jewish Scriptures.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 29.2 (Archambault 1:126–128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-29-2).
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29.3Archambault 1:128–130
Μὴ οὖν ἄχθεσθε, μηδὲ ὀνειδίζετε ἡμῖν τὴν τοῦ σώματος ἀκροβυστίαν, ἣν αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς ἔπλασε, μηδέ, ὅτι θερμὸν πίνομεν ἐν τοῖς σάββασι, δεινὸν ἡγεῖσθε· ἐπειδὴ καὶ ὁ θεὸς τὴν αὐτὴν διοίκησιν τοῦ κόσμου ὁμοίως καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ πεποίηται καθάπερ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις ἁπάσαις, καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τὰς προσφορὰς καθὰ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἡμέραις καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ κεκελευσμένοι ἦσαν ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ οἱ τοσοῦτοι δίκαιοι μηδὲν τούτων τῶν νομίμων πράξαντες μεμαρτύρηνται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.
Mē oun achthesthe, mēde oneidizete hēmin tēn tou sōmatos akrobystian, hēn autos ho theos eplase, mēde, hoti thermon pinomen en tois sabbasi, deinon hēgeisthe; epeidē kai ho theos tēn autēn dioikēsin tou kosmou homoiōs kai en tautę̄ tę̄ hēmerą pepoiētai kathaper kai en tais allais hapasais, kai hoi archiereis tas prosphoras katha kai tais allais hēmerais kai en tautę̄ kekeleusmenoi ēsan poieisthai, kai hoi tosoutoi dikaioi mēden toutōn tōn nomimōn praxantes memartyrēntai hypo tou theou autou.
“Do not, then, be vexed, nor reproach us with the uncircumcision of the body, which God himself formed; nor think it terrible that we drink hot water on the Sabbaths; since God too carries on the same government of the world on this day as on all the others, and the high priests were commanded to make the offerings on this day as on the other days, and so many righteous men who did none of these legal observances have been attested by God himself.
John 5:17 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God governs the world on the Sabbath too, and priests offered sacrifice on it.
- “Drink hot water on the Sabbaths”: heating water was forbidden on the Sabbath in Jewish practice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἡμὶν τὴν τοῦ σώματος → ἡμῖν τὴν τοῦ σώματος; ἥν αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς → ἣν αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς; ὲν ταῖς ἄλλαις → ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 29.3 (Archambault 1:128–130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-29-3).
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Chapter 30
30.1Archambault 1:130
Ἀλλὰ τῇ αὑτῶν κακίᾳ ἐγκαλεῖτε, ὅτι καὶ συκοφαντεῖσθαι δυνατός ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὑπὸ τῶν νοῦν μὴ ἐχόντων, ὡς τὰ αὐτὰ δίκαια μὴ πάντας ἀεὶ διδάξας. Πολλοῖς γὰρ ἀνθρώποις ἄλογα καὶ οὐκ ἄξια θεοῦ τὰ τοιαῦτα διδάγματα ἔδοξεν εἶναι, μὴ λαβοῦσι χάριν τοῦ γνῶναι ὅτι τὸν λαὸν ὑμῶν πονηρευόμενον καὶ ἐν νόσῳ ψυχικῇ ὑπάρχοντα εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ μετάνοιαν τοῦ πνεύματος κέκληκε, καὶ αἰώνιός ἐστι μετὰ τὸν Μωσέως θάνατον προελθοῦσα ἡ προφητεία.
Alla tę̄ hautōn kakią enkaleite, hoti kai sykophanteisthai dynatos estin ho theos hypo tōn noun mē echontōn, hōs ta auta dikaia mē pantas aei didaxas. Pollois gar anthrōpois aloga kai ouk axia theou ta toiauta didagmata edoxen einai, mē labousi charin tou gnōnai hoti ton laon hymōn ponēreuomenon kai en nosǭ psychikę̄ hyparchonta eis epistrophēn kai metanoian tou pneumatos keklēke, kai aiōnios esti meta ton Mōseōs thanaton proelthousa hē prophēteia.
“But blame your own wickedness, because God can be slandered by those who have no understanding, as though he had not always taught all the same righteous things. For to many men such teachings have seemed unreasonable and unworthy of God, since they have not received the grace to know that he called your people, when it was acting wickedly and was sick in soul, to conversion and repentance of spirit, and that the prophecy that came after the death of Moses is eternal.
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Summary: The law seems unworthy of God only to those who do not see that it called a sick people to repentance.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 30.1 (Archambault 1:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-30-1).
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30.2Archambault 1:130–132
Καὶ διὰ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τοῦτο εἴρηται, ὦ ἄνδρες. Καὶ ὅτι γλυκύτερα ὑπὲρ μέλι καὶ κηρίον ὁμολογοῦμεν αὐτά, οἱ σοφισθέντες ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ἐκ τοῦ καὶ μέχρι θανάτου ἀνεξαρνήτους ἡμᾶς γίνεσθαι τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ φαίνεται. Ὅτι δὲ καὶ αἰτοῦμεν αὐτόν, οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν, ἵνα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, τουτέστιν ἀπὸ τῶν πονηρῶν καὶ πλάνων πνευμάτων, συντηρήσῃ ἡμᾶς, ἀπὸ προσώπου ἑνὸς τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν πιστευόντων σχηματοποιήσας ὁ λόγος τῆς προφητείας λέγει, πᾶσι φανερόν ἐστιν.
Kai dia tou psalmou touto eirētai, ō andres. Kai hoti glykytera hyper meli kai kērion homologoumen auta, hoi sophisthentes apʼ autōn, ek tou kai mechri thanatou anexarnētous hēmas ginesthai tou onomatos autou phainetai. Hoti de kai aitoumen auton, hoi pisteuontes eis auton, hina apo tōn allotriōn, toutestin apo tōn ponērōn kai planōn pneumatōn, syntērēsę̄ hēmas, apo prosōpou henos tōn eis auton pisteuontōn schēmatopoiēsas ho logos tēs prophēteias legei, pasi phaneron estin.
“And this was said through the psalm, sirs. And that we, who have been made wise by them, confess them to be sweeter than honey and the honeycomb, is clear from the fact that we do not deny his name even to death. And it is clear to all that we who believe in him ask him to keep us from strangers, that is, from wicked and deceitful spirits, as the word of prophecy says, speaking in the person of one of those who believe in him.
Ps 19:10 (18:11 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 19:13 (18:14 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Christians find God's words sweeter than honey, and pray to be kept from evil spirits.
- Ps 19:10 and 19:13, where the LXX reads “from strangers” (ἀπὸ ἀλλοτρίων) for the Hebrew “from presumptuous sins.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (damaged spot in the digital text; restored from the sense): γίνεσθαι το(??) ὀνόματος → γίνεσθαι τοῦ ὀνόματος.
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 30.2 (Archambault 1:130–132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-30-2).
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30.3Archambault 1:132
Ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν δαιμονίων, ἅ ἐστιν ἀλλότρια τῆς θεοσεβείας τοῦ θεοῦ, οἷς πάλαι προσεκυνοῦμεν, τὸν θεὸν ἀεὶ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ συντηρηθῆναι παρακαλοῦμεν, ἵνα μετὰ τὸ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς θεὸν διʼ αὐτοῦ ἄμωμοι ὦμεν. Βοηθὸν γὰρ ἐκεῖνον καὶ λυτρωτὴν καλοῦμεν, οὗ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος ἰσχὺν καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια τρέμει, καὶ σήμερον ἐξορκιζόμενα κατὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ σταυρωθέντος ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, τοῦ γενομένου ἐπιτρόπου τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ὑποτάσσεται, ὡς καὶ ἐκ τούτου πᾶσι φανερὸν εἶναι ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ τοσαύτην ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ δύναμιν, ὥστε καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια ὑποτάσσεσθαι τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ τοῦ γενομένου πάθους αὐτοῦ οἰκονομίᾳ.
Apo gar tōn daimoniōn, ha estin allotria tēs theosebeias tou theou, hois palai prosekynoumen, ton theon aei dia Iēsou Christou syntērēthēnai parakaloumen, hina meta to epistrepsai pros theon diʼ autou amōmoi ōmen. Boēthon gar ekeinon kai lytrōtēn kaloumen, hou kai tēn tou onomatos ischyn kai ta daimonia tremei, kai sēmeron exorkizomena kata tou onomatos Iēsou Christou, tou staurōthentos epi Pontiou Pilatou, tou genomenou epitropou tēs Ioudaias, hypotassetai, hōs kai ek toutou pasi phaneron einai hoti ho patēr autou tosautēn edōken autǭ dynamin, hōste kai ta daimonia hypotassesthai tǭ onomati autou kai tę̄ tou genomenou pathous autou oikonomią.
“For we always ask God, through Jesus Christ, to be kept from the demons, which are strangers to the worship of God, whom we once worshiped, so that after turning to God through him we may be blameless. For we call him Helper and Redeemer, the power of whose name even the demons fear; and today, when they are exorcised in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea, they are subdued; so that from this too it is plain to all that his Father has given him so great power that even the demons are subject to his name and to the dispensation of the passion that he underwent.”
Luke 10:17 (echo, high confidence) · Jas 2:19 (echo, medium confidence) · Phil 2:10 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Christians pray through Christ to be kept from demons, which flee at his name.
- The formula “crucified under Pontius Pilate” recurs in Justin's descriptions of exorcism; compare 2 Apol. 5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): οἶς πάλαι → οἷς πάλαι.
Topics: Christology, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 30.3 (Archambault 1:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-30-3).
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Chapter 31
31.1Archambault 1:132
Εἰ δὲ τῇ τοῦ πάθους αὐτοῦ οἰκονομίᾳ τοσαύτη δύναμις δείκνυται παρακολουθήσασα καὶ παρακολουθοῦσα, πόση ἡ ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ γινομένῃ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ; ὡς υἱὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐπάνω νεφελῶν ἐλεύσεται, ὡς Δανιὴλ ἐμήνυσεν, ἀγγέλων σὺν αὐτῷ ἀφικνουμένων.
Ei de tę̄ tou pathous autou oikonomią tosautē dynamis deiknytai parakolouthēsasa kai parakolouthousa, posē hē en tę̄ endoxǭ ginomenę̄ autou parousią? hōs huios gar anthrōpou epanō nephelōn eleusetai, hōs Daniēl emēnysen, angelōn syn autǭ aphiknoumenōn.
“But if so great a power is shown to have accompanied and still to accompany the dispensation of his passion, how great will be the power at his glorious coming? For he will come on the clouds as the Son of Man, as Daniel indicated, with angels coming with him.
Dan 7:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 25:31 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: If Christ's passion shows such power, his glorious second coming will show far more, as Daniel foretold.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.1 (Archambault 1:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-1).
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31.2Archambault 1:132–134
Εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι· Ἐθεώρουν ἕως ὅτου θρόνοι ἐτέθησαν, καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν ἐκάθητο, ἔχων περιβολὴν ὡσεὶ χιόνα λευκήν, καὶ τὸ τρίχωμα τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ἔριον καθαρόν, ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ φλὸξ πυρός, οἱ τροχοὶ αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον. Ποταμὸς πυρὸς εἷλκεν ἐκπορευόμενος ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ· χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ. Βίβλοι ἀνεῷχθησαν, καὶ κριτήριον ἐκάθισεν.
Eisi de hoi logoi houtoi; Etheōroun heōs hotou thronoi etethēsan, kai ho palaios hēmerōn ekathēto, echōn peribolēn hōsei chiona leukēn, kai to trichōma tēs kephalēs autou hōsei erion katharon, ho thronos autou hōsei phlox pyros, hoi trochoi autou pyr phlegon. Potamos pyros heilken ekporeuomenos ek prosōpou autou; chiliai chiliades eleitourgoun autǭ, kai myriai myriades pareistēkeisan autǭ. Bibloi aneǭchthēsan, kai kritērion ekathisen.
“These are the words: ‘I beheld until thrones were set, and the Ancient of Days sat, having a garment white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne like a flame of fire, its wheels burning fire. A river of fire flowed out, going forth from before his face; a thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. Books were opened, and the court sat.
Dan 7:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:10 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Dan 7:9–10.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.2 (Archambault 1:132–134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-2).
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31.3Archambault 1:134
Ἐθεώρουν τότε τὴν φωνὴν τῶν μεγάλων λόγων ὧν τὸ κέρας λαλεῖ, καὶ ἀπετυμπανίσθη τὸ θηρίον, καὶ ἀπώλετο τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐδόθη εἰς καῦσιν πυρός· καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ θηρία μετεστάθη τῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ χρόνος ζωῆς τοῖς θηρίοις ἐδόθη ἕως καιροῦ καὶ χρόνου. Ἐθεώρουν ἐν ὁράματι τῆς νυκτός, καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενος· καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως τοῦ παλαιοῦ τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ παρῆν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ παρεστηκότες προσήγαγον αὐτόν.
Etheōroun tote tēn phōnēn tōn megalōn logōn hōn to keras lalei, kai apetympanisthē to thērion, kai apōleto to sōma autou kai edothē eis kausin pyros; kai ta loipa thēria metestathē tēs archēs autōn, kai chronos zōēs tois thēriois edothē heōs kairou kai chronou. Etheōroun en horamati tēs nyktos, kai idou meta tōn nephelōn tou ouranou hōs huios anthrōpou erchomenos; kai ēlthen heōs tou palaiou tōn hēmerōn kai parēn enōpion autou, kai hoi parestēkotes prosēgagon auton.
“‘I beheld then the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, and the beast was beaten to death, and its body perished and was given to be burned with fire; and the other beasts were removed from their dominion, and a time of life was given to the beasts until a season and a time. I beheld in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven one coming like a son of man; and he came to the Ancient of Days and was present before him, and those who stood by brought him near.
Dan 7:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Dan 7:11–13.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.3 (Archambault 1:134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-3).
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31.4Archambault 1:134
Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία καὶ τιμὴ βασιλική, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένη καὶ πᾶσα δόξα λατρεύουσα· καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτοῦ ἐξουσία αἰώνιος, ἥτις οὐ μὴ ἀρθῇ, καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ φθαρῇ. Καὶ ἔφριξε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τῇ ἔξει μου, καὶ αἱ ὁράσεις τῆς κεφαλῆς μου ἐτάρασσόν με. Καὶ προσῆλθον πρὸς ἕνα τῶν ἑστώτων, καὶ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν ἐζήτουν παρʼ αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ πάντων τούτων. Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ λέγει μοι καὶ τὴν κρίσιν τῶν λόγων ἐδήλωσέ μοι· ταῦτα τὰ θηρία τὰ μεγάλα εἰσὶ τέσσαρες βασιλεῖαι, αἳ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐ παραλήψονται τὴν βασιλείαν ἕως αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων.
Kai edothē autǭ exousia kai timē basilikē, kai panta ta ethnē tēs gēs kata genē kai pasa doxa latreuousa; kai hē exousia autou exousia aiōnios, hētis ou mē arthę̄, kai hē basileia autou ou mē phtharę̄. Kai ephrixe to pneuma mou en tę̄ exei mou, kai hai horaseis tēs kephalēs mou etarasson me. Kai prosēlthon pros hena tōn hestōtōn, kai tēn akribeian ezētoun parʼ autou hyper pantōn toutōn. Apokritheis de legei moi kai tēn krisin tōn logōn edēlōse moi; tauta ta thēria ta megala eisi tessares basileiai, hai apolountai apo tēs gēs, kai ou paralēpsontai tēn basileian heōs aiōnos kai heōs tou aiōnos tōn aiōnōn.
“‘And to him was given authority and royal honor, and all the nations of the earth by their races, and all glory, serving him; and his authority is an everlasting authority, which shall not be taken away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed. And my spirit shuddered within me, and the visions of my head troubled me. And I came near to one of those who stood by, and sought from him the exact meaning of all these things. And he answered and told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the words: These great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall perish from the earth; and they shall not receive the kingdom forever, and to the age of ages.
Dan 7:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Dan 7:14–18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): πρὸς ἔνα τῶν → πρὸς ἕνα τῶν.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.4 (Archambault 1:134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-4).
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31.5Archambault 1:134–136
Τότε ἤθελον ἐξακριβώσασθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ τετάρτου θηρίου, τοῦ καταφθείροντος πάντα καὶ ὑπερφόβου, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ σιδηροῖ καὶ οἱ ὄνυχες αὐτοῦ χαλκοῖ, ἐσθίον καὶ λεπτύνον καὶ τὰ ἐπίλοιπα αὐτοῦ τοῖς ποσὶ κατεπάτει· καὶ περὶ τῶν δέκα κεράτων αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς τοῦ προσφυέντος, καὶ ἐξέπεσον ἐκ τῶν προτέρων διʼ αὐτοῦ τρία, καὶ τὸ κέρας ἐκεῖνο εἶχεν ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα, καὶ ἡ πρόσοψις αὐτοῦ ὑπερέφερε τὰ ἄλλα. Καὶ κατενόουν τὸ κέρας ἐκεῖνο πόλεμον συνιστάμενον πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ τροπούμενον αὐτούς, ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν τὸν παλαιὸν ἡμερῶν, καὶ τὴν κρίσιν ἔδωκε τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῦ ὑψίστου, καὶ ὁ καιρὸς ἐνέστη, καὶ τὸ βασίλειον κατέσχον ἅγιοι ὑψίστου.
Tote ēthelon exakribōsasthai hyper tou tetartou thēriou, tou kataphtheirontos panta kai hyperphobou, kai hoi odontes autou sidēroi kai hoi onyches autou chalkoi, esthion kai leptynon kai ta epiloipa autou tois posi katepatei; kai peri tōn deka keratōn autou epi tēs kephalēs, kai ek tou henos tou prosphyentos, kai exepeson ek tōn proterōn diʼ autou tria, kai to keras ekeino eichen ophthalmous kai stoma laloun megala, kai hē prosopsis autou hyperephere ta alla. Kai katenooun to keras ekeino polemon synistamenon pros tous hagious kai tropoumenon autous, heōs tou elthein ton palaion hēmerōn, kai tēn krisin edōke tois hagiois tou hypsistou, kai ho kairos enestē, kai to basileion kateschon hagioi hypsistou.
“‘Then I wished to learn exactly about the fourth beast, which destroyed all things and was exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron and whose claws of bronze, devouring and crushing, and trampling what was left with its feet; and about its ten horns on its head, and the one that grew up, and three of the former fell before it; and that horn had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, and its appearance surpassed the others. And I watched that horn making war against the saints and routing them, until the Ancient of Days came and gave judgment to the saints of the Most High, and the time came, and the saints of the Most High possessed the kingdom.
Dan 7:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:22 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Dan 7:19–22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἐκ τοῦ ἐνὸς → ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.5 (Archambault 1:134–136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-5).
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31.6Archambault 1:136
Καὶ ἐρρέθη μοι περὶ τοῦ τετάρτου θηρίου· βασιλεία τετάρτη ἔσται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἥτις διοίσει παρὰ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας ταύτας, καὶ καταφάγεται πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀναστατώσει αὐτὴν καὶ καταλεανεῖ αὐτήν. Καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα, δέκα βασιλεῖς ἀναστήσονται, καὶ ἕτερος μετʼ αὐτούς, καὶ οὗτος διοίσει κακοῖς ὑπὲρ τοὺς πρώτους, καὶ τρεῖς βασιλεῖς ταπεινώσει, καὶ ῥήματα πρὸς τὸν ὕψιστον λαλήσει, καὶ ἑτέρους ἁγίους τοῦ ὑψίστου καταστρέψει, καὶ προσδέξεται ἀλλοιῶσαι καιροὺς καὶ χρόνους· καὶ παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἕως καιροῦ καὶ καιρῶν καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ.
Kai errethē moi peri tou tetartou thēriou; basileia tetartē estai epi tēs gēs hētis dioisei para pasas tas basileias tautas, kai kataphagetai pasan tēn gēn kai anastatōsei autēn kai kataleanei autēn. Kai ta deka kerata, deka basileis anastēsontai, kai heteros metʼ autous, kai houtos dioisei kakois hyper tous prōtous, kai treis basileis tapeinōsei, kai rhēmata pros ton hypsiston lalēsei, kai heterous hagious tou hypsistou katastrepsei, kai prosdexetai alloiōsai kairous kai chronous; kai paradothēsetai eis cheiras autou heōs kairou kai kairōn kai hēmisy kairou.
“‘And it was said to me about the fourth beast: A fourth kingdom shall be on the earth, which shall surpass all these kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth and overthrow it and crush it. And the ten horns: ten kings shall arise, and another after them, and he shall surpass the first in evils, and shall humble three kings, and shall speak words against the Most High, and shall overthrow other saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and seasons; and it shall be given into his hands until a time and times and half a time.
Dan 7:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:25 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Dan 7:23–25.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.6 (Archambault 1:136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-6).
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31.7Archambault 1:136–138
Καὶ ἡ κρίσις ἐκάθισε, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν μεταστήσουσι τοῦ ἀφανίσαι καὶ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι ἕως τέλους. Καὶ ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία καὶ ἡ μεγαλειότης τῶν τόπων τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν βασιλειῶν ἐδόθη λαῷ ἁγίῳ ὑψίστου βασιλεῦσαι βασιλείαν αἰώνιον· καὶ πᾶσαι ἐξουσίαι ὑποταγήσονται αὐτῷ καὶ πειθαρχήσουσιν αὐτῷ. Ἕως ὧδε τὸ τέλος τοῦ λόγου. Ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ ἐκστάσει περιειχόμην σφόδρα, καὶ ἡ ἕξις διήνεγκεν ἐμοί, καὶ τὸ ῥῆμα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου ἐτήρησα.
Kai hē krisis ekathise, kai tēn archēn metastēsousi tou aphanisai kai tou apolesai heōs telous. Kai hē basileia kai hē exousia kai hē megaleiotēs tōn topōn tōn hypo ton ouranon basileiōn edothē laǭ hagiǭ hypsistou basileusai basileian aiōnion; kai pasai exousiai hypotagēsontai autǭ kai peitharchēsousin autǭ. Heōs hōde to telos tou logou. Egō Daniēl ekstasei perieichomēn sphodra, kai hē hexis diēnenken emoi, kai to rhēma en tę̄ kardią mou etērēsa.
“‘And the court sat, and they shall remove his dominion, to destroy and to abolish it to the end. And the kingdom and the authority and the greatness of the places of the kingdoms under heaven were given to the holy people of the Most High, to reign with an everlasting kingdom; and all authorities shall be subject to him and obey him. Here is the end of the word. I, Daniel, was greatly seized with amazement, and my appearance was changed, and I kept the matter in my heart.’”
Dan 7:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:28 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Dan 7:26–28.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (missing accent)): τὸ τέλος του λόγου → τὸ τέλος τοῦ λόγου.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Justin, Dial. 31.7 (Archambault 1:136–138; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22-1/#p-31-7).
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