{"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-40","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":65,"kind":"exposition","verse":2},{"book":"ISA","chapter":50,"kind":"exposition","verse":6},{"book":"ISA","chapter":50,"kind":"exposition","verse":7},{"book":"ISA","chapter":50,"kind":"exposition","verse":8},{"book":"PSA","chapter":22,"kind":"exposition","verse":7},{"book":"PSA","chapter":22,"kind":"exposition","verse":8},{"book":"PSA","chapter":22,"kind":"exposition","verse":16},{"book":"PSA","chapter":22,"kind":"exposition","verse":18},{"book":"PSA","chapter":3,"kind":"exposition","verse":5},{"book":"MAT","chapter":27,"kind":"citation","verse":39}],"section":"Chapter 38","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":[40],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/justin-first-apology-ancl1870.html","reference_basis":"ISA 65:2 (exposition): The spread-out-hands quotation is interpreted as speech in Christ’s person. ISA 50:6-8 (exposition): The quoted scourging/spitting/firm-face/near-justifier passage is identified with Christ’s suffering. PSA 22:7-8,16,18 (exposition): The hands/feet/clothes and mockery sayings are expressly applied to Christ. English Psalm22 corresponds to LXX21; no blind numerical copying. PSA 3:5 (exposition): The sleeping/rising quotation is included among utterances spoken in Christ’s person. English Psalm3:5, with title excluded from verse numbering. MAT 27:39 (citation): The historical mockery is also located by note77 at Matthew27:39. No full composite taunt is attributed to that one verse. 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":"5b59952c83528d21c3cba5c35ceb5bcd8037252edfd6d2979a6748919043d619"},"verified":true,"work":"The First Apology","work_id":"justin-first-apology"}