# Dialogus cum Tryphone 110.4

Justin Martyr, Dialogus cum Tryphone, Chapter 110. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/justin-martyr/dialogus-cum-tryphone/110.4

Καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκφοβῶν [cf. MICH., IV, 4] καὶ δουλαγωγῶν ἡμᾶς, τοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰησοῦν πεπιστευκότας κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, φανερόν ἐστι. Κεφαλοτομούμενοι γὰρ καὶ σταυρούμενοι καὶ θηρίοις παραβαλλόμενοι καὶ δεσμοῖς καὶ πυρὶ καὶ πάσαις ταῖς ἄλλαις βασάνοις ὅτι οὐκ ἀφιστάμεθα τῆς ὁμολογίας, δῆλόν ἐστιν, ἀλλ᾿, ὅσῳπερ ἂν τοιαῦτά τινα γίνηται, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἄλλον ἄλλοι πλείονες πιστοὶ καὶ θεοσεβεῖς διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ γίνονται. Ὁποῖον ἐὰν ἀμπέλου τις ἐκτέμῃ τὰ καρποφορήσαντα μέρη, εἰς τὸ ἀναβλαστῆσαι ἑτέρους κλάδους καὶ εὐθαλεῖς καὶ καρποφόρους ἀναδίδωσι, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐφ᾿ ἡμῶν γίνεται· ἡ γὰρ φυ-[fol. 163]τευθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄμπελος καὶ σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστι [cf. JEAN, XV, 1, 2].

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Justin Martyr, Dialogus cum Tryphone, ed. Georges Archambault. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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