Dialogue with Trypho 95.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Christ took on the curses of all by the Father's will; those who killed him are not thereby excused.

Greek text · Archambault 2:102–104

Εἰ οὖν καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ Χριστὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐκ παντὸς γένους ἀνθρώπων ὁ πατὴρ τῶν ὅλων τὰς πάντων κατάρας ἀναδέξασθαι ἐβουλήθη, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἀναστήσει αὐτὸν σταυρωθέντα καὶ ἀποθανόντα, διὰ τί ὡς κεκατηραμένου τοῦ ὑπομείναντος κατὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς βουλὴν ταῦτα παθεῖν τὸν λόγον ποιεῖτε, καὶ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἑαυτοὺς θρηνεῖτε; Εἰ γὰρ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς παθεῖν ταῦτα αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου γένους ἐνήργησεν, ὑμεῖς οὐχ ὡς γνώμῃ θεοῦ ὑπηρετοῦντες τοῦτο ἐπράξατε· οὐδὲ γὰρ τοὺς προφήτας ἀναιροῦντες εὐσέβειαν εἰργάσασθε.

English · Claude translation

“If, then, the Father of all willed that his own Christ should take upon himself the curses of all on behalf of men of every race, knowing that he would raise him up after he was crucified and died, why do you speak of him who endured to suffer these things according to the Father's will as though he were accursed, and do not rather lament yourselves? For even if his Father caused him to suffer these things for the human race, you did not do it as serving the will of God; for neither did you practice piety when you killed the prophets.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:102–104 · 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

Gal 3:13 · echo, high confidence
Isa 53:6 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 95.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/95/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 95.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/95/2/).