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Dialogue with Trypho 25.1

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Isaiah foresaw that the self-righteous would seek a share with the Gentiles.

Greek text · Archambault 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·

English · Claude translation

“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:

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Source
Archambault 1:110–112 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
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Notes

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.

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Justin, Dial. 25.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/25/1/).

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Justin, Dial. 25.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/25/1/).

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