Dialogue with Trypho 137.2

Summary: Do not scoff at the King of Israel, as the synagogue rulers teach after the prayer.

Greek text · Archambault 2:292

Συμφάμενοι οὖν μὴ λοιδορῆτε ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, μηδὲ Φαρισαίοις πειθόμενοι διδασκάλοις τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπισκώψητέ ποτε, ὁποῖα διδάσκουσιν οἱ ἀρχισυνάγωγοι ὑμῶν, μετὰ τὴν προσευχήν. Εἰ γὰρ ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν μὴ εὐαρέστων τῷ θεῷ ὡς ὁ ἁπτόμενος κόρης τοῦ θεοῦ, πολὺ μᾶλλον ὁ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου καθαπτόμενος. Ὅτι δὲ οὗτος αὐτός ἐστι, καὶ ἱκανῶς ἀποδέδεικται.

English · Claude translation

“Agree with us, then, and do not revile the Son of God, nor, obeying Pharisaic teachers, ever scoff at the King of Israel, as the rulers of your synagogues teach you to do after the prayer. For if one who touches those who are not pleasing to God is like one who touches the apple of God's eye, much more is one who lays hands on the beloved. And that he is this very one has been sufficiently proved.

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Source

Archambault 2:292 · 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

Zech 2:8 (2:12 LXX) · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Persecution

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Justin, Dial. 137.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/137/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 137.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/137/2/).

Greek text · Archambault 2:292

English · Claude translation

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