Dialogue with Trypho 105.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Christ's prayer teaches us to pray at death that no evil angel seize our soul.

Greek text · Archambault 2:146–148

Καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας καὶ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς κυνὸς αἰτεῖν αὐτὸν τὴν ψυχὴν σωθῆναι, ἵνα μηδεὶς κυριεύσῃ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ αἴτησις ἦν, ἵνα, ἡνίκα ἡμεῖς πρὸς τῇ ἐξόδῳ τοῦ βίου γινόμεθα, τὰ αὐτὰ αἰτῶμεν τὸν θεόν, τὸν δυνάμενον ἀποστρέψαι πάντα ἀναιδῆ πονηρὸν ἄγγελον μὴ λαβέσθαι ἡμῶν τῆς ψυχῆς.

English · Claude translation

“And his asking that his soul be saved from the sword and the lion's mouth and the hand of the dog was a request that no one should take possession of his soul; so that, when we come to the departure from life, we may ask the same of God, who can turn away every shameless evil angel from seizing our soul.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:146–148 · 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.

Topics

Prayer, Eschatology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 105.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/105/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 105.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/105/3/).