Dialogue with Trypho 95.3

Summary: Repentance brings forgiveness even to those who killed Christ.

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Greek text · Archambault 2:104

Καὶ μή τις ὑμῶν λεγέτω· Εἰ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὸν ἠθέλησε ταῦτα παθεῖν, ἵνα τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἴσαις γένηται τῷ γένει τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἡμεῖς οὐδὲν ἠδικήσαμεν. Εἰ μὲν οὖν μετανοοῦντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἡμαρτημένοις καὶ ἐπιγνόντες τοῦτον εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ φυλάσσοντες αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολὰς ταῦτα φήσετε, ἄφεσις ὑμῖν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὅτι ἔσται προεῖπον.

English · Claude translation

“And let none of you say: If the Father willed him to suffer these things, so that by his stripes healing might come to the human race, we have done no wrong. If, then, you say this repenting of your sins and recognizing that this is the Christ and keeping his commandments, I have said that you will have forgiveness of sins.

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Archambault 2:104 · 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
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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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  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): Εἰ μὲν οὗν μετανοοῦντες → Εἰ μὲν οὖν μετανοοῦντες.

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Justin, Dial. 95.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/95/3/).

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Justin, Dial. 95.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/95/3/).

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