Dialogue with Trypho 75.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:4–6

Εἰ οὖν ἐν τοσαύταις μορφαῖς οἴδαμεν πεφανερῶσθαι τὸν θεὸν ἐκεῖνον τῷ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῷ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τῷ Μωσεῖ, πῶς ἀποροῦμεν καὶ ἀπιστοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν ὅλων βουλὴν καὶ ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν διὰ παρθένου γεννηθῆναι μὴ δεδυνῆσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα ἔχοντες γραφὰς τοσαύτας, ἐξ ὧν συννοῆσαι ἔστι διαρρήδην ὅτι κατὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς βουλὴν καὶ τοῦτο γέγονεν.

English · Claude translation

“If, then, we know that that God appeared in so many forms to Abraham and to Jacob and to Moses, why do we doubt and disbelieve that, according to the will of the Father of all, he could also be born a man through a virgin, especially when we have so many Scriptures from which it can be plainly understood that this too came about according to the will of the Father?

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:4–6 · 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

Christology

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): τὸν θεὸν ἐκείνον → τὸν θεὸν ἐκεῖνον; ἐξ ὤν συννοῆσαι → ἐξ ὧν συννοῆσαι.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 75.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/75/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 75.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/75/4/).