Dialogue with Trypho 58.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Trypho thinks Justin is being ironic.

Greek text · Archambault 1:268

Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Ἀξίως μὲν θεοσεβείας καὶ τοῦτο πράττεις· εἰρωνεύεσθαι δέ μοι δοκεῖς, λέγων δύναμιν λόγων τεχνικῶν μὴ κεκτῆσθαι. Κἀγὼ πάλιν ἀπεκρινάμην· Ἐπεί σοι δοκεῖ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν, ἐχέτω· ἐγὼ δὲ πέπεισμαι ἀληθῶς εἶναι. Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μᾶλλον τὰς ἀποδείξεις τὰς λοιπὰς ἤδη ποιήσωμαι, πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν. Κἀκεῖνος· Λέγε.

English · Claude translation

And Trypho said, “In this too you act worthily of piety; but you seem to me to be speaking ironically when you say you do not possess the power of skillful speech.” And I answered again, “Since you think it is so, let it be; but I am persuaded that it is truly so. But so that I may rather make the remaining proofs now, pay attention.” And he said, “Speak.”

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:268 · 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.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 58.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/58/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 58.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/58/2/).