Dialogue with Trypho 97.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Moses' hands raised until evening prefigure Christ on the cross until evening; Psalm 3 foretells the resurrection.

Greek text · Archambault 2:108

Καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸ μέχρις ἑσπέρας μεῖναι τὸν προφήτην Μωσῆν, ὅτε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ὑπεβάσταζον Ὢρ καὶ Ἀαρών, ἐπὶ τοῦ σχήματος τούτου εἰκῆ γέγονε. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ κύριος σχεδὸν μέχρις ἑσπέρας ἔμεινεν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου, καὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἔθαψαν αὐτόν· εἶτα ἀνέστη τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. Τοῦτο διὰ Δαυῒδ οὕτως ἐκπεφώνητο· Φωνῇ μου πρὸς κύριον ἐκέκραξα, καὶ ἐπήκουσέ μου ἐξ ὄρους ἁγίου αὐτοῦ. Ἐγὼ ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ὕπνωσα· ἐξηγέρθην, ὅτι κύριος ἀντελάβετό μου.

English · Claude translation

“For neither was it by chance that the prophet Moses remained in this posture until evening, when Hur and Aaron held up his hands. For the Lord too remained on the tree almost until evening, and toward evening they buried him; then he rose on the third day. This had been proclaimed through David thus: ‘With my voice I cried to the Lord, and he heard me from his holy mountain. I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:108 · 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

Exod 17:12 · allusion, high confidence
Ps 3:4 (3:5 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 3:5 (3:6 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 97.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/97/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 97.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/97/1/).