Dialogue with Trypho 73.1

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

Summary: Justin charges that “from the tree” was removed from Ps 96:10.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:350

Καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐνενηκοστοῦ πέμπτου ψαλμοῦ τῶν διὰ Δαυῒδ λεχθέντων λόγων λέξεις βραχείας ἀφείλοντο ταύτας· ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου. Εἰρημένου γὰρ τοῦ λόγου· Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· Ὁ κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, ἀφῆκαν· Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· Ὁ κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν.

English · Claude translation

“And from the ninety-fifth psalm, of the words spoken through David, they removed these short words: ‘from the tree.’ For when the word says, ‘Say among the nations, The Lord has reigned from the tree,’ they left, ‘Say among the nations, The Lord has reigned.’

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Source

Archambault 1:350 · 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

Ps 96:10 (95:10 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

The words “from the tree” are not in the Hebrew or in most manuscripts of the Septuagint; they are probably a Christian addition. See 1 Apol. 41.

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Justin, Dial. 73.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 73.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/1/).

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