Dialogue with Trypho 10.2

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

Summary: Trypho dismisses the rumors and says he has read the Gospel, whose commands seem impossible to keep.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:48

Τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ὃ θαυμάζομεν, ἔφη ὁ Τρύφων, περὶ δὲ ὧν οἱ πολλοὶ λέγουσιν, οὐ πιστεῦσαι ἄξιον· πόρρω γὰρ κεχώρηκε τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως. Ὑμῶν δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ εὐαγγελίῳ παραγγέλματα θαυμαστὰ οὕτως καὶ μεγάλα ἐπίσταμαι εἶναι, ὡς ὑπολαμβάνειν μηδένα δύνασθαι φυλάξαι αὐτά· ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἐμέλησεν ἐντυχεῖν αὐτοῖς.

English · Claude translation

“This is what we wonder at,” said Trypho; “but what most people say is not worth believing, for it is far removed from human nature. And I know that your precepts in what is called the Gospel are so wonderful and great that I suspect no one can keep them; for I took the trouble to read them.

About this passage

Source: Archambault 1:48 · 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
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.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

“What is called the Gospel” (singular), a written book, which Trypho says he has read.

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Justin, Dial. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/10/2/).

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Justin, Dial. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/10/2/).

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