Dialogue with Trypho 96.1
Summary: Deut 21:23 foretold what the Jews would do to Christ; it does not mean God cursed him.
Greek text · Archambault 2:104–106
Καὶ γὰρ τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κρεμάμενος ἐπὶ ξύλου, οὐχ ὡς τοῦ θεοῦ καταρωμένου τούτου τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου, ἡμῶν τονοῖ τὴν ἐλπίδα ἐκκρεμαμένην ἀπὸ τοῦ σταυρωθέντος Χριστοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὡς προειπόντος τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν πάντων καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ὑμῖν, μὴ ἐπισταμένων τοῦτον εἶναι τὸν πρὸ πάντων ὄντα καὶ αἰώνιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἱερέα καὶ βασιλέα καὶ Χριστὸν μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι.
English · Claude translation
“For what is said in the law, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,’ strengthens our hope, which hangs on the crucified Christ, not as though God cursed this crucified one, but as God foretelling what would be done by all of you and those like you, who do not know that this is he who existed before all things and was to become God's eternal Priest and King and Christ.
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): Χριστόν μέλλοντα → Χριστὸν μέλλοντα.
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Justin, Dial. 96.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/96/1/).
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Justin, Dial. 96.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/96/1/).
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