Dialogue with Trypho 72.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:346–348

Κἀγὼ εἶπον· Ὡς ὑμῖν φίλον, πράξω. Ἀπὸ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἐξηγήσεων, ὧν ἐξηγήσατο Ἔσδρας εἰς τὸν νόμον τὸν περὶ τοῦ πάσχα, τὴν ἐξήγησιν ταύτην ἀφείλοντο· Καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρας τῷ λαῷ· Τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ καταφυγὴ ἡμῶν. Καὶ ἐὰν διανοηθῆτε καὶ ἀναβῇ ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν, ὅτι μέλλομεν αὐτὸν ταπεινοῦν ἐν σημείῳ, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐλπίσωμεν ἐπʼ αὐτόν, οὐ μὴ ἐρημωθῇ ὁ τόπος οὗτος εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, λέγει ὁ θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων· ἂν δὲ μὴ πιστεύσητε αὐτῷ μηδὲ εἰσακούσητε τοῦ κηρύγματος αὐτοῦ, ἔσεσθε ἐπίχαρμα τοῖς ἔθνεσι.

English · Claude translation

And I said, “I will do as you wish. From the explanations which Ezra gave of the law concerning the Passover, they have removed this explanation: ‘And Ezra said to the people: This Passover is our Savior and our refuge. And if you have understood, and it has entered into your heart, that we are to humble him on a sign, and afterward hope in him, this place will not be laid waste for all time, says the God of hosts; but if you do not believe him nor listen to his proclamation, you shall be a laughingstock to the nations.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:346–348 · 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)

Topics

Scripture and canon, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

This passage is not found in any surviving manuscript of Ezra or of the Septuagint; it is probably a Christian addition known to Justin. Irenaeus and Lactantius cite similar “removed” passages.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 72.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/72/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 72.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/72/1/).