{"attribution":"Justin Martyr; translated by Marcus Dods; T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1870. Historical transcription supplied by Wikisource contributors.","author":"Justin Martyr","date_end":157,"date_evidence_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0014524608097821","date_label":"c. 153–157 AD (date debated)","date_start":153,"edition_permalink":"https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library/The_First_Apology_of_Justin_Martyr&oldid=13922358","edition_year":1870,"id":"justin-ancl1870-reviewed-55","license":"Public domain historical English translation (Marcus Dods, died 1909)","license_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Reusing_Wikisource_content","provenance_note":"Existing English translation by Marcus Dods, identified in the original editors’ note. This particular scan prints MDCCCLXX (1870) on both title leaves despite an index date of 1867. Original work and translation have separate public-domain notices. Ordinary UK/EU life-plus-70 terms have expired for Dods (1909); no claim of independently checked worldwide law. Canonical verse links are checked against the quoted words, including Septuagint numbering and misprinted editorial references; the historical wording is retained, including blended Gospel quotations and original variants. No newly translated or generated commentary. This is an independent ANCL scan, not a grant of CCEL redistribution rights.","references":[{"book":"ISA","chapter":54,"kind":"exposition","verse":1},{"book":"ISA","chapter":1,"kind":"exposition","verse":9},{"book":"GEN","chapter":19,"kind":"citation","verse":24},{"book":"GEN","chapter":19,"kind":"citation","verse":25},{"book":"JER","chapter":9,"kind":"exposition","verse":26}],"section":"Chapter 53","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library/The_First_Apology_of_Justin_Martyr&oldid=13922358","text_changes":"Whitespace normalized; source pagination and footnote reference markers removed. English wording unchanged.","translator":"Marcus Dods","verification":{"method":"inspected source paragraph and verse context; SHA-256 locked","paragraph_indices":[55],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/justin-first-apology-ancl1870.html","reference_basis":"ISA 54:1 (exposition): The barren/desolate/more-children prophecy is explicitly explained as the Gentiles and their many believers. ISA 1:9 (exposition): The remnant/Sodom-Gomorrah quotation is applied to the small number of Jewish and Samaritan believers. GEN 19:24-25 (citation): Justin explicitly cites Moses’ account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah to explain the prophetic comparison. The nonexclusive Genesis19:24-25 locator is precise; the entire Lot narrative is not a blanket reference. JER 9:26 (exposition): The flesh/heart uncircumcision contrast is applied to Gentile belief. Justin attributes it to Isaiah, but note108 and the verse wording establish Jeremiah9:26. Owner checked complete original paragraphs and canonical verse contents. Immediate explanatory continuations are combined with their source quotation; original wording and source variants retained.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10","source_sha256":"ad1d90055eaa54422c5cbd02ab0ec74a5253c49f5389b846802de36fbfa3416e","text_sha256":"2c577dfd942bc2e382ae3a972d7fdfe1f6a64174e2ed66a50cc3a1c71051e067"},"verified":true,"work":"The First Apology","work_id":"justin-first-apology"}