# Dialogus cum Tryphone 141.1

Justin Martyr, Dialogus cum Tryphone, Chapter 141. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/justin-martyr/dialogus-cum-tryphone/141.1

Ἵνα δὲ μὴ πρόφασιν ἔχητε λέγειν ὅτι ἔδει τὸν Χριστὸν σταυρωθῆναι, ἢ καὶ ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν εἶναι τοὺς παραβαίνοντας, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἄλλως ἐδύνατο γενέσθαι, φθάσας διὰ βραχέων εἶπον, ὅτι βουλόμενος τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἕπεσθαι τῇ βουλῇ αὐτοῦ ὁ θεὸς ἐβουλήθη ποιῆσαι τούτους αὐτεξουσίους πρὸς δικαιοπραξίαν. μετὰ λόγου τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι αὐτοὺς ὐφ᾿ οὗ γεγόνασι, καὶ δι᾿ ὅν εἰσι πρότερον οὐκ ὄντες, καὶ μετὰ νόμου τοῦ ὑπ᾿ αὐτου κρίνεσθαι, ἐὰν παρὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον πράττωσι· καὶ δι᾿ ἑαυτοὺς ἡμεῖς, οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι, ἐλεγχθησόμεθα πονηρευσάμενοι, ἐὰν μὴ φθάσαντες μεταθώμεθα.

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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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