Dialogue with Trypho 102.2

Summary: God protected the infant Christ from Herod because his death was appointed for later.

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Greek text · Archambault 2:128–130

Τὸ γὰρ Ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ μασθῶν τῆς μητρός μου. Ἅμα γὰρ τῷ γεννηθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν Βηθλεέμ, ὡς προέφην, παρὰ τῶν ἀπὸ Ἀρραβίας μάγων μαθὼν Ἡρώδης ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰ κατʼ αὐτὸν ἐπεβούλευσεν ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κέλευσιν Ἰωσὴφ λαβὼν αὐτὸν ἅμα τῇ Μαρίᾳ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ κηρύξαι αὐτὸν τὸν παρʼ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἀνδρωθέντα ὁ πατὴρ θανατωθήσεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐκεκρίκει ὃν ἐγεγεννήκει.

English · Claude translation

“For ‘My hope from my mother's breasts’: for as soon as he was born in Bethlehem, as I said before, King Herod, learning about him from the Magi from Arabia, plotted to kill him, and by God's command Joseph took him with Mary and went away into Egypt; for the Father had decided that the one he had begotten should be put to death after he had grown to manhood and proclaimed the word from him.

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Source
Archambault 2:128–130 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
Scripture
  • Ps 22:9 (21:10 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
  • Matt 2:13 · allusion, high confidence
  • Matt 2:14 · allusion, high confidence
Topics
Christology

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ὅν ἐγεγεννήκει → ὃν ἐγεγεννήκει.

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Justin, Dial. 102.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/2/).

Plain text
Justin, Dial. 102.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/2/).

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