Dialogue with Trypho 121.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: If Christ's humble first coming was so powerful, his glorious return will be far more so.

Greek text · Archambault 2:224

Εἰ δὲ ἐν τῇ ἀτίμῳ καὶ ἀειδεῖ καὶ ἐξουθενημένῃ πρώτῃ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ τοσοῦτον ἔλαμψε καὶ ἴσχυσεν, ὡς ἐν μηδενὶ γένει ἀγνοεῖσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς μετάνοιαν πεποιῆσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς παλαιᾶς κακῆς ἑκάστου γένους πολιτείας, ὥστε καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια ὑποτάσσεσθαι αὐτοῦ τῷ ὀνόματι καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς βασιλείας τούτου τὸ ὄνομα παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀποθανόντας δεδοικέναι, οὐκ ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ καταλύσει πάντας τοὺς μισήσαντας αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ ἀδίκως ἀποστάντας, τοὺς δὲ ἰδίους ἀναπαύσει, ἀποδιδοὺς αὐτοῖς τὰ προσδοκώμενα πάντα;

English · Claude translation

“But if in his first coming, without honor and form and despised, he shone and prevailed so much that he is unknown in no race, and repentance from the old evil way of life of every race has been made by all, so that even the demons are subject to his name, and all principalities and kingdoms fear his name more than all the dead, will he not in every way at his glorious coming destroy all who have hated him and unjustly departed from him, and give rest to his own, rendering to them all they expect?

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:224 · 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

Eschatology, Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 121.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/121/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 121.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/121/3/).