Dialogue with Trypho 82.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:44–46

Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἄθεα καὶ βλάσφημα καὶ ἄδικα ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ παραχαράσσοντες ἐδίδαξαν, καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀκαθάρτου πνεύματος διαβόλου ἐμβαλλόμενα ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν ἐδίδαξαν καὶ διδάσκουσι μέχρι νῦν· οὓς ὁμοίως ὑμῖν μεταπείθειν μὴ πλανᾶσθαι ἀγωνιζόμεθα, εἰδότες ὅτι πᾶς ὁ δυνάμενος λέγειν τὸ ἀληθὲς καὶ μὴ λέγων κριθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιὴλ διεμαρτύρατο ὁ θεός, εἰπὼν ὅτι Σκοπὸν τέθεικά σε τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα. Ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς καὶ μὴ διαμαρτύρῃ αὐτῷ, αὐτὸς μὲν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀπολεῖται, παρὰ σοῦ δὲ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσω· ἐὰν δὲ διαμαρτύρῃ αὐτῷ, ἀθῷος ἔσῃ.

English · Claude translation

“For many, counterfeiting in his name, have taught godless and blasphemous and unjust things, and have taught and still teach what the unclean spirit, the devil, casts into their minds; whom we strive to persuade, as we do you, not to be led astray, knowing that everyone who can speak the truth and does not will be judged by God, as God testified through Ezekiel, saying: ‘I have made you a watchman for the house of Judah. If the sinner sins and you do not warn him, he shall perish in his sin, but I will require his blood from you; but if you warn him, you shall be innocent.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:44–46 · 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

Ezek 3:17 · quotation, high confidence
Ezek 3:18 · quotation, high confidence
Ezek 3:19 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Heresy

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slips (σοῦ misread as τοῦ; wrong breathing); restored from the sense and Ezek 3:18): παρὰ τοῦ δὲ τὸ αἷμα αὺτοῦ → παρὰ σοῦ δὲ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 82.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/82/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 82.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/82/3/).