{"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-50","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":35,"kind":"exposition","verse":5},{"book":"ISA","chapter":35,"kind":"exposition","verse":6},{"book":"MAT","chapter":11,"kind":"citation","verse":5},{"book":"ISA","chapter":57,"kind":"exposition","verse":1},{"book":"ISA","chapter":57,"kind":"exposition","verse":2}],"section":"Chapter 48","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":[50],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/justin-first-apology-ancl1870.html","reference_basis":"ISA 35:5-6 (exposition): The healing prophecy is applied to Christ; only the blind/lame/tongue clauses belong to Isaiah35:5-6. MAT 11:5 (citation): These added clauses have an exact Matthew11:5 gospel parallel, outside Isaiah35. This is a canonical locator for the composite wording, not proof of exclusive literary dependence on Matthew. ISA 57:1-2 (exposition): The death of the righteous and peaceful burial are applied to Christ and his followers. 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":"657306384fcb83918c38937a4bd50d6e7ee6b925738a32dfcb768250997659b8"},"verified":true,"work":"The First Apology","work_id":"justin-first-apology"}