Dialogue with Trypho 130.2

Summary: The nations rejoice with the righteous of Israel, not with all Israel.

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Greek text · Archambault 2:264

Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἡμᾶς τὰ ἔθνη λέγει εὐφραίνεσθαι μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, λέγω Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τοὺς προφήτας καὶ ἁπλῶς τοὺς ἀπʼ ἐκείνου τοῦ λαοῦ πάντας εὐαρεστοῦντας τῷ θεῷ, κατὰ τὰ προωμολογημένα ἡμῖν· ἀλλʼ οὐ πάντας τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ γένους ὑμῶν ἀκουσόμεθα, ἐπειδὴ ἔγνωμεν καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου τὰ κῶλα τῶν παραβεβηκότων ὑπὸ σκώληκος καὶ ἀπαύστου πυρὸς διαβιβρώσκεσθαι μέλλειν, ἀθάνατα μένοντα, ὥστε καὶ εἶναι εἰς ὅρασιν πάσης σαρκός.

English · Claude translation

“And having said this, he says that we the nations rejoice with his people, I mean Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and the prophets and in a word all from that people who are pleasing to God, according to what we have already agreed; but we shall not understand it of all of your race, since we have learned also through Isaiah that the limbs of the transgressors are to be consumed by the worm and the unceasing fire, remaining immortal, so as to be a spectacle to all flesh.

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Archambault 2:264 · 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
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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.
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  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): προφήτας καὶ ἀπλῶς τοὺς → προφήτας καὶ ἁπλῶς τοὺς.

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Justin, Dial. 130.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/130/2/).

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Justin, Dial. 130.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/130/2/).

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