Dialogue with Trypho 34.2
Summary: Psalm 72 speaks of Christ, whom Scripture calls King, Priest, God, Lord, Angel, Man, Captain, Stone, and Child.
Greek text · Archambault 1:148
Καὶ ὅπου λέλεκται· Ὁ θεός, τὸ κρίμα σου τῷ βασιλεῖ δός, ἐπειδὴ βασιλεὺς Σολομὼν γέγονεν, εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν ψαλμὸν εἰρῆσθαί φατε, τῶν λόγων τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διαρρήδην κηρυσσόντων εἰς τὸν αἰώνιον βασιλέα, τουτέστιν εἰς τὸν Χριστόν, εἰρῆσθαι. Ὁ γὰρ Χριστὸς βασιλεὺς καὶ ἱερεὺς καὶ θεὸς καὶ κύριος καὶ ἄγγελος καὶ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀρχιστράτηγος καὶ λίθος καὶ παιδίον γεννώμενον καὶ παθητὸς γενόμενος πρῶτον, εἶτα εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνερχόμενος καὶ πάλιν παραγινόμενος μετὰ δόξης καὶ αἰώνιον τὴν βασιλείαν ἔχων κεκήρυκται, ὡς ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν γραφῶν ἀποδείκνυμι.
English · Claude translation
“And where it is said, ‘O God, give your judgment to the king,’ since Solomon became king, you say the psalm was spoken of him, though the words of the psalm plainly proclaim that it was spoken of the eternal King, that is, of Christ. For Christ is proclaimed as King, and Priest, and God, and Lord, and Angel, and Man, and Captain, and Stone, and a Child born, and first made subject to suffering, then going up into heaven and coming again with glory and having the eternal kingdom, as I prove from all the Scriptures.
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- A key summary of Justin's Christological titles, each developed later in the Dialogue.
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Justin, Dial. 34.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/34/2/).
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Justin, Dial. 34.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/34/2/).
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