# Dialogus cum Tryphone 52.3

Justin Martyr, Dialogus cum Tryphone, Chapter 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/justin-martyr/dialogus-cum-tryphone/52.3

Ὅτι οὖν οὐδέποτε ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν ἐπαύσατο οὔτε προφήτης οὔτε ἄρχων, ἐξ ὅτου ἀρχὴν ἔλαβε, μέχρις οὗ οὗτος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ γέγονε καὶ ἔπαθεν, οὐδ᾿ ἀναισχύντως τολμήσετε εἰπεῖν ἢ ἀποδεῖξαι ἔχετε. Καὶ γὰρ Ἡρώδην, ἀφ᾿ οὗ ἔπαθεν, Ἀσκαλωνίτην γεγονέναι λέγοντες, ὅμως ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν ὄντα λέγετε ἀρχιερέα, ὥστε, καὶ τότε ὄντος ὑμῖν κατὰ τὸν νόμον τοῦ Μωσέως καὶ προσφορὰς προσφέροντος καὶ τὰ ἄλλα νόμιμα φυλάσσοντος, καὶ προφητῶν κατὰ διαδοχὴν μέχρις Ἰωάννου γεγενημένων, ὡς καὶ ὅτε εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἀπήχθη ὁ λαὸς ὑμῶν, πολεμηθείσης τῆς γῆς καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν σκευῶν ἀρθέντων, μὴ [fol. 102] παύσασθαι ἐξ ὑμῶν προφήτην, ὃς κύριος καὶ ἡγούμενος καὶ ἄρχων τοῦ λαοῦ ὑμῶν ἦν. Τὸ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις πνεῦμα καὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς ὑμῖν ἔχριε καὶ καθίστα.

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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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