Dialogue with Trypho 94.4
Summary: A newcomer admits their teachers could not explain the bronze serpent.
Greek text · Archambault 2:100–102
Καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν τῇ δευτέρᾳ ἀφιγμένων εἶπεν· Ἀληθῶς εἶπας· οὐκ ἔχομεν λόγον διδόναι· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ περὶ τούτου πολλάκις τοὺς διδασκάλους ἠρώτησα, καὶ οὐδείς μοι λόγον ἀπέδωκεν. Ὥστε λέγε σὺ ἃ λέγεις· προσέχομεν γάρ σοι μυστήριον ἀποκαλύπτοντι, διʼ ὧν καὶ τὰ τῶν προφητῶν διδάγματα συκοφαντητά ἐστι.
English · Claude translation
And the other of those who had come on the second day said, “You have spoken truly; we have no reason to give. For I too have often asked our teachers about this, and no one gave me a reason. So say what you have to say; for we are attending to you as you reveal a mystery, through which even the teachings of the prophets are open to slander.”
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slips against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent; missing iota subscript)): Καἰ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν τῇ δευτέρα → Καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν τῇ δευτέρᾳ.
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Justin, Dial. 94.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/94/4/).
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Justin, Dial. 94.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/94/4/).
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