Dialogue with Trypho 85.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Psalm 24 fits neither Hezekiah nor Solomon, but only Christ.

Greek text · Archambault 2:54

Καὶ γὰρ τὴν προφητείαν τὴν λέγουσαν· Ἄρατε πύλας οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπάρθητε πύλαι αἰώνιοι, ἵνα εἰσέλθῃ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς δόξης, ὁμοίως εἰς τὸν Ἐζεκίαν τολμῶσί τινες ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐξηγεῖσθαι εἰρῆσθαι, ἄλλοι δὲ εἰς Σολομῶνα. Οὐ δὲ εἰς τοῦτον οὐδὲ εἰς ἐκεῖνον οὔτε εἰς ἄλλον ἁπλῶς λεγόμενον ὑμῶν βασιλέα δυνατὸν ἀποδειχθῆναι εἰρῆσθαι, εἰς δὲ μόνον τοῦτον τὸν ἡμέτερον Χριστόν, τὸν ἀειδῆ καὶ ἄτιμον φανέντα, ὡς Ἡσαίας ἔφη καὶ Δαυΐδ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ γραφαί, ὅς ἐστι κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων διὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ δόντος αὐτῷ πατρός, ὃς καὶ ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ ἀνῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ὡς καὶ ὁ ψαλμὸς καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι γραφαὶ ἐδήλουν, καὶ κύριον αὐτὸν τῶν δυνάμεων κατήγγελλον, ὡς καὶ νῦν ἐκ τῶν ὑπʼ ὄψιν γινομένων ῥᾷον ὑμᾶς πεισθῆναι, ἐὰν θέλητε.

English · Claude translation

“For some of you dare to explain that the prophecy which says, ‘Lift up your gates, you rulers, and be lifted up, you everlasting gates, that the King of glory may enter,’ was likewise spoken of Hezekiah, and others of Solomon. But it cannot be shown to have been spoken of the one or the other, or of any other of your so-called kings, but only of this our Christ, who appeared without form and honor, as Isaiah and David and all the Scriptures said; who is Lord of hosts by the will of the Father who gave it to him; who also rose from the dead and went up into heaven, as the psalm and the other Scriptures showed, and proclaimed him Lord of hosts; as you can now more easily be persuaded from what happens before your eyes, if you will.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:54 · 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

Ps 24:7 (23:7 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Isa 53:2 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 85.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/85/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 85.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/85/1/).