Dialogue with Trypho 105.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:146

Καὶ ὅτι σταυρωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, ὁμοίως προεῖπε. Τὸ γὰρ Ῥῦσαι ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς κυνὸς τὴν μονογενῆ μου· σῶσόν με ἐκ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἀπὸ κεράτων μονοκερώτων τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου· ὁμοίως μηνύοντος διʼ οὗ πάθους ἔμελλεν ἀποθνήσκειν, τουτέστι σταυροῦσθαι· τὸ γὰρ Κεράτων μονοκερώτων ὅτι τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ σταυροῦ ἐστι μόνου, προεξηγησάμην ὑμῖν.

English · Claude translation

“And he likewise foretold that he would die by crucifixion. For ‘Deliver my soul from the sword, and my only one from the hand of the dog; save me from the lion's mouth, and my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns,’ likewise indicates by what suffering he was to die, that is, by being crucified; for I have explained to you before that ‘the horns of the unicorns’ is the figure of the cross alone.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:146 · 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 22:20 (21:21 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:21 (21:22 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): διʼ οὖ πάθους → διʼ οὗ πάθους.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 105.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/105/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 105.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/105/2/).