Dialogue with Trypho 56.20 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:260

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἔξω, καὶ εἶπον· Σῶζε, σῶζε τὴν σεαυτοῦ ψυχήν. Μὴ περιβλέψῃ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, μηδὲ στῇς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ περιχώρῳ· εἰς τὸ ὅρος σώζου, μήποτε συμπαραληφθῇς. Εἶπε δὲ Λὼτ πρὸς αὐτούς· Δέομαι, κύριε, ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῖς σου ἔλεος ἐναντίον σου, καὶ ἐμεγάλυνας τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ὃ ποιεῖς ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου· ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δύναμαι διασωθῆναι εἰς τὸ ὄρος, μὴ καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω.

English · Claude translation

“‘And it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that they said: Save, save your life. Do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the surrounding region; flee to the mountain, lest you be taken along with them. And Lot said to them: I pray, Lord, since your servant has found mercy before you, and you have magnified your righteousness, which you show me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evils overtake me and I die.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:260 · 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

Gen 19:17 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 19:18 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 19:19 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

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 letter)): Εἶπε δὲ Δὼτ → Εἶπε δὲ Λὼτ; δικαιοσύνην σου, ὅ ποιεῖς → δικαιοσύνην σου, ὃ ποιεῖς.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 56.20 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/20/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 56.20 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/20/).