Dialogue with Trypho 115.5

Summary: Justin notes that Trypho's companions fasten on small slips like flies on sores.

Greek text · Archambault 2:192–194

Ἤδη μέντοι ἐθαύμαζον, ἔφην, διὰ τί καὶ πρὸ μικροῦ ἡσυχίαν ἠγάγετέ ἐμοῦ λέγοντος, ἢ πῶς οὐκ ἐπελάβεσθέ μου εἰπόντος ὅτι ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ υἱὸς τῶν ἐξελθόντων ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου ὁμηλίκων μόνος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν γῆν καὶ οἱ γεγραμμένοι ἀφήλικες τῆς γενεᾶς ἐκείνης. Ὥσπερ γὰρ αἱ μυῖαι ἐπὶ τὰ ἕλκη προστρέχετε καὶ ἐφίπτασθε.

English · Claude translation

“I was indeed wondering,” I said, “why a little while ago you kept silent while I was speaking, or how you did not take hold of my saying that the son of Nun alone of those of his age who came out of Egypt entered the holy land, together with those of that generation who are recorded as younger. For you run to sores like flies and settle on them.

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Archambault 2:192–194 · 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

Num 14:30 · allusion, medium confidence

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Justin, Dial. 115.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/115/5/).

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Justin, Dial. 115.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/115/5/).

Greek text · Archambault 2:192–194

English · Claude translation

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