Dialogue with Trypho 53.5 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Zechariah foretold the scattering of the disciples.

Greek text · Archambault 1:238

Ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Ζαχαρίου, ὅτι παταχθήσεται αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, προεφητεύθη· ὅπερ καὶ γέγονε. Μετὰ γὰρ τὸ σταυρωθῆναι αὐτὸν οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ διεσκεδάσθησαν, μέχρις ὅτου ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ πέπεικεν αὐτοὺς ὅτι οὕτως προεπεφήτευτο περὶ αὐτοῦ παθεῖν αὐτόν· καὶ οὕτω πεισθέντες καὶ εἰς τὴν πᾶσαν οἰκουμένην ἐξελθόντες ταῦτα ἐδίδαξαν.

English · Claude translation

“And through the prophet Zechariah it was also prophesied that this very Christ would be struck and his disciples scattered; which also happened. For after he was crucified, his disciples who were with him were dispersed, until he rose from the dead and persuaded them that it had been prophesied of him that he would suffer so; and being so persuaded, they went out into all the world and taught these things.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:238 · 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

Zech 13:7 · allusion, high confidence
Matt 26:31 · echo, high confidence
Luke 24:26 · echo, medium confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 53.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/53/5/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 53.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/53/5/).