Dialogue with Trypho 73.5

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Trypho finds the charge of tampering incredible.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:354

Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Εἰ μέν, ὡς ἔφης, εἶπε, παρέγραψάν τι ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ, θεὸς δύναται ἐπίστασθαι· ἀπίστῳ δὲ ἔοικε τὸ τοιοῦτον.

English · Claude translation

And Trypho said, “Whether, as you say, the rulers of the people have erased anything from the Scriptures, God may know; but such a thing seems incredible.”

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Source: Archambault 1:354 · 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.

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Justin, Dial. 73.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/5/).

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Justin, Dial. 73.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/5/).

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