Dialogue with Trypho 51.3
Summary: Jesus said the law and prophets lasted until John.
Greek text · Archambault 1:230
Εἰρήκει δὲ περὶ τοῦ μηκέτι γενήσεσθαι ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν προφήτην καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι ἡ πάλαι κηρυσσομένη ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καινὴ διαθήκη διαταχθήσεσθαι ἤδη τότε παρῆν, τουτέστιν αὐτὸς ὢν ὁ Χριστός, οὕτως· Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται μέχρι Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ· ἐξ ὅτου ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν βιάζεται, καὶ βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν. Καὶ εἰ θέλετε δέξασθαι, αὐτός ἐστιν Ἡλίας ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι. Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
English · Claude translation
“And he had spoken about there being no more prophets in your race, and about recognizing that the new covenant long proclaimed by God to be established was then already present, that is, that he himself was the Christ, thus: ‘The law and the prophets were until John the Baptist; from that time the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.’
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): καινή διαθήκη → καινὴ διαθήκη.
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Justin, Dial. 51.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/51/3/).
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Justin, Dial. 51.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/51/3/).
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