First Epistle of Peter. 383 



We should not overlook the fact however, that although the word 

 has a different appHcation in Rev. 18 ; 9, 18, the thought is quite 

 like this section. 



(5) Trypho 119 I Pt. 2 ; 10 



Y][j.£T(; Bs O'j [j.6vov, "koihc k'kky. xai 01 ttots ou Xaoc, vtiv Bs Xao? Bsou. 

 'kcn.hc ayioi; £a[x£v 



It is obvious that Bigg is right in saying " Justin is here referring 

 to Isa. 52 ; 12." The suggestion might come either from Rom. 9 ; 

 25 ff , or I Peter. 



d 



6) Trypho 35 I Pt. 1 ; 19 



Here Justin exhorts not to blaspheme " Him who .... is the 

 a^j-cojioc, and in all things irreproachable Christ Jesus." Well does 

 Bigg cite Heb. 9; 14 as a possible reference, for it seems more prob- 

 able that Justin had it in mind, rather than I Pt. 1 ; 19, inasmuch 

 as he would have given in all probability a better connection to 

 both the thought and words, S? apou ajxwp'j xai aoxD.ou XpiaTOu. 

 Cf . also Eph. 1 ; 4, 5 ; 27, Col. 1 ; 22, Jude 24, Rev. 14 ; 5. 



(7) Trypho 110 I Pt. 1 ; 19 



We have here a parallel to the one just mentioned in 35. In 

 the later chapter of the "Dialogue," the word " aoTtdo?," with 

 others, is used to point out the perfection of Jesus as " the most 

 righteous and only spotless and sinless one." Our Epistle com- 

 pares Jesus' blood to that of a lamb without spot or blemish. I Pt. 

 1 ; 19 . . . ai[j.aTi, wc aij.o)jj.ov xai aamXcj XpiaToO. The word here 

 refers directly to apo? rather than to Xpwiroa as Bigg would make 

 it. Similar usage may be seen in I Tim. 6 ; 14 i. e., TY]p^o-ai ae 

 Try £vto>.y;v acrxaov. Cf. also Jas. I ; 27 and II Pt. 3 ; 14. 



(8) Trypho 114 I Pt. 2 ; 6 



Toti axpoywviaio'j \i\>ou is very suggestive of I Pt. 2 ; 6, but on 

 close examination it becomes evident that Justin's mind was imbued 

 with the O. T. references, more especially Isa. 28 ; 16. Yet it may 

 have been suggested by I Peter. 



Mr. Bigg rightly concludes that it is probable but not certain 

 that Justin knew I Peter. Chapters 114, 119, and 138 of the 

 " Dialogue with Trypho," taken together, intensify the proba- 

 bilities of Hterary dependence. 



