Dialogue with Trypho 84.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: A “sign” must be something extraordinary, not an ordinary birth.

Greek text · Archambault 2:50

Καὶ τὸ Ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν εἰς τοῦτον προείρητο. Εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἐκ παρθένου οὗτος, περὶ οὗ Ἡσαίας ἔλεγεν, ἔμελλε γεννᾶσθαι, εἰς ὃν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐβόα· Ἰδοὺ κύριος αὐτὸς ἡμῖν δώσει σημεῖον· ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱόν; Εἰ γὰρ ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι πρωτοτόκοις καὶ οὗτος γεννᾶσθαι ἐκ συνουσίας ἔμελλε, τί καὶ ὁ θεὸς σημεῖον, ὃ μὴ πᾶσι τοῖς πρωτοτόκοις κοινόν ἐστιν, ἔλεγε ποιεῖν;

English · Claude translation

“And ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son’ was foretold of him. For if he of whom Isaiah spoke was not to be born of a virgin, of whom did the Holy Spirit cry, ‘Behold, the Lord himself will give us a sign: behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son’? For if he too was to be born of intercourse like all other firstborn, why did God say he would give a sign which is not common to all the firstborn?

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:50 · 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

Isa 7:14 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 84.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 84.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/1/).