Dialogue with Trypho 108.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Christ offered the sign of Jonah so that Israel might repent.

Greek text · Archambault 2:158

Καὶ ταῦτα οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ γένους ὑμῶν ἐπιστάμενοι ἅπαντες γεγενημένα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ, καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρʼ ὑμῖν βοῶντος ὅτι τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ δώσει ὑμῖν, προτρεπόμενος ἵνα κἂν μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν μετανοήσητε ἐφʼ οἷς ἐπράξατε κακοῖς καὶ ὁμοίως Νινευΐταις προσκλαύσητε τῷ θεῷ, ὅπως καὶ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ ἡ πόλις ὑμῶν μὴ ἁλῷ καταστραφεῖσα, ὡς κατεστράφη,

English · Claude translation

“And though all those of your race knew that these things had been done by Jonah, and though Christ cried among you that he would give you the sign of Jonah, urging you at least after he had risen from the dead to repent of the evil you had done and to weep before God like the Ninevites, so that your nation and your city might not be taken and overthrown, as it has been overthrown,

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:158 · 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 12:39 · allusion, high confidence
Matt 12:41 · allusion, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 108.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/108/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 108.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/108/1/).