Dialogue with Trypho 46.7 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:206–208

Ἡμεῖς δὲ, ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ θυσιάζειν οἷς πάλαι ἐθύομεν, ὑπομένομεν τὰς ἐσχάτας τιμωρίας, καὶ θανατούμενοι χαίρομεν, πιστεύοντες ὅτι ἀναστήσει ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀφθάρτους καὶ ἀπαθεῖς καὶ ἀθανάτους ποιήσει· καὶ οὐδὲν συμβάλλεσθαι πρὸς δικαιοπραξίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν τὰ διὰ τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν τοῦ λαοῦ ὑμῶν διαταχθέντα γινώσκομεν.

English · Claude translation

“But we, rather than sacrifice to those to whom we once sacrificed, endure the utmost punishments, and rejoice when we are put to death, believing that God will raise us up through his Christ and make us incorruptible and free from suffering and immortal; and we know that the things ordained because of the hardness of heart of your people contribute nothing to righteous conduct and piety.”

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:206–208 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

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

Translation

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

Compare

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

Scripture

1 Cor 15:42 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Martyrdom, Eschatology

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): θυσιάζειν οἶς πάλαι → θυσιάζειν οἷς πάλαι.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 46.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/46/7/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 46.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/46/7/).