Dialogue with Trypho 42.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The many believers become one, like members of one body.

Greek text · Archambault 1:188

Τὸ δὲ εἰπεῖν τὸν λόγον ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου πολλῶν Ἀνηγγείλαμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπαγαγεῖν Ὡς παιδίον, δηλωτικὸν τοῦ τοὺς πονηροὺς ὑπηκόους αὐτοῦ γενομένους ὑπηρετῆσαι τῇ κελεύσει αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας ὡς ἓν παιδίον γεγενῆσθαι. Ὁποῖον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματος ἔστιν ἰδεῖν· πολλῶν ἀριθμουμένων μελῶν τὰ σύμπαντα ἓν καλεῖται καὶ ἔστι σῶμα· καὶ γὰρ δῆμος καὶ ἐκκλησία, πολλοὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὄντες ἄνθρωποι, ὡς ἓν ὄντες πρᾶγμα τῇ μιᾷ κλήσει καλοῦνται καὶ προσαγορεύονται.

English · Claude translation

“And the word speaking as in the person of many, ‘We announced before him,’ and adding, ‘like a child,’ shows that the wicked, having become obedient to him, served his command and all became like one child. The same can be seen in the body: though the members are numbered as many, all together are called one, and are one body; and indeed a people and an assembly, though they are many men in number, are called and addressed by one name as being one thing.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:188 · 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

1 Cor 12:12 · echo, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 42.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/42/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 42.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/42/3/).