Sophia Scriptura

Dialogue with Trypho 80.5

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Justin expects a resurrection of the flesh and a thousand-year reign in a rebuilt Jerusalem.

Greek text · Archambault 2:36

Ἐγὼ δέ, καὶ εἴ τινές εἰσιν ὀρθογνώμονες κατὰ πάντα Χριστιανοί, καὶ σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν γενήσεσθαι ἐπιστάμεθα καὶ χίλια ἔτη ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομηθείσῃ καὶ κοσμηθείσῃ καὶ πλατυνθείσῃ, ὡς οἱ προφῆται Ἰεζεκιὴλ καὶ Ἡσαΐας καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ὁμολογοῦσιν.

English · Claude translation

“But I, and any other Christians who are right-minded in all things, know that there will be a resurrection of the flesh, and a thousand years in Jerusalem, rebuilt and adorned and enlarged, as the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah and the others acknowledge.

About this passage

Source
Archambault 2:36 · 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.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • The classic early statement of Christian millenarianism (chiliasm).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): ὁρθογνώμονες → ὀρθογνώμονες; Ήσαΐας → Ἡσαΐας.

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Justin, Dial. 80.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/80/5/).

Plain text
Justin, Dial. 80.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/80/5/).

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