Dialogue with Trypho

And I replied, “I do not say so; but those who have persecuted and still persecute Christ, if they do not repent, shall not inherit anything on the holy mountain.

But the Gentiles, who have believed in Him, and have repented of the sins they have committed, shall receive the inheritance along with the patriarchs, the prophets, and the just men descended from Jacob, even though they neither keep the Sabbath, nor are circumcised, nor observe the feasts. Surely, they shall receive the holy inheritance of God.

For God speaks through Isaiah like this: ‘I, the Lord God, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will strengthen You; and I have given You as a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out those who are bound from the chains, and those who sit in darkness from the prison-house.’ And again: ‘Lift up a standard for the people; for, see, the Lord has made it heard to the end of the earth.

Say to the daughters of Zion, Behold, your Savior has come; having His reward, and His work before His face: and He shall call it a holy nation, redeemed by the Lord. And you shall be called a city sought out, and not forsaken. Who is this that comes from Edom? in red garments from Bosor? This one who is beautiful in apparel, going up with great strength? I speak righteousness, and the judgment of salvation. Why are Your garments red, and Your apparel as from the trodden wine-press? You are full of the trodden grape.

I have trodden the wine-press all alone, and of the people there is no one with Me; and I have trampled them in fury, and crushed them to the ground, and spilled their blood on the earth. For the day of retribution has come upon them, and the year of redemption is present. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I considered, and none assisted: and My arm delivered; and My fury came on them, and I trampled them in My fury, and spilled their blood on the earth.’ ”