Dialogue with Trypho 125.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Justin will explain the name Israel, sowing like the sower of the parable.

Greek text · Archambault 2:240–242

Ἐβουλόμην, λέγω, παρʼ ὑμῶν μαθεῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, τίς ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνόματος. Καὶ ἡσυχαζόντων αὐτῶν ἐπήνεγκα· Ἐγὼ ὃ ἐπίσταμαι ἐρῶ· οὔτε γὰρ εἰδότα μὴ λέγειν δίκαιον ἡγοῦμαι, οὔτε ὑπονοοῦντα ἐπίστασθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ διὰ φθόνον ἢ διʼ ἀπειρίαν τὴν τοῦ βούλεσθαι ἀπατᾶν ἑαυτοὺς φροντίζειν ἀεί, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἁπλῶς καὶ ἀδόλως λέγειν, ὡς ὁ ἐμὸς κύριος εἶπεν· Ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον· καὶ ὁ μὲν ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν ὁδόν, ὁ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν.

English · Claude translation

“I would like to learn from you, sirs,” I said, “what is the meaning of the name Israel.” And as they were silent, I went on: “I will say what I know; for I do not think it right to know and not speak, nor, suspecting that you know, to be always concerned about your deceiving yourselves through envy or inexperience, but to say everything simply and without guile, as my Lord said: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed; and some fell on the road, some among the thorns, some on the rocky ground, and some on the good ground.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:240–242 · 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.

Scripture

Matt 13:3 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 13:4 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 13:5 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 13:7 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 13:8 · quotation, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 125.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/125/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 125.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/125/1/).