Dialogue with Trypho 49.5 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Jesus identified John with Elijah.

Greek text · Archambault 1:220

Διὸ καὶ ὁ ἡμέτερος Χριστὸς εἰρήκει ἐπὶ γῆς τότε τοῖς λέγουσι πρὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἡλίαν δεῖν ἐλθεῖν· Ἡλίας μὲν ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα· λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι Ἡλίας ἤδη ἦλθε, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν. Καὶ γέγραπται ὅτι Τότε συνῆκαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὅτι περὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς.

English · Claude translation

“That is why our Christ said then on earth to those who were saying that Elijah must come before the Christ: ‘Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished.’ And it is written: ‘Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them about John the Baptist.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:220 · 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

Matt 17:10 · allusion, high confidence
Matt 17:11 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 17:12 · quotation, high confidence
Matt 17:13 · quotation, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 49.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/49/5/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 49.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/49/5/).