Dialogue with Trypho 114.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Christians' hearts, circumcised by the apostles' words, rejoice to die for Christ, the Rock that gives living water.

Greek text · Archambault 2:188

Μακάριοι οὖν ἡμεῖς οἱ περιτμηθέντες πετρίναις μαχαίραις τὴν δευτέραν περιτομήν. Ὑμῶν μὲν γὰρ ἡ πρώτη διὰ σιδήρου γέγονε καὶ γίνεται· σκληροκάρδιοι γὰρ μένετε· ἡμῶν δὲ ἡ περιτομή, ἥτις δευτέρα ἀριθμῷ, μετὰ τὴν ὑμετέραν φανερωθεῖσα, διὰ λίθων ἀκροτόμων, τουτέστι διὰ τῶν λόγων τῶν διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ ἀκρογωνιαίου λίθου καὶ τοῦ ἄνευ χειρῶν τμηθέντος, περιτέμνει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τε εἰδωλολατρείας καὶ πάσης ἁπλῶς κακίας· ὧν αἱ καρδίαι οὕτως περιτετμημέναι εἰσὶν ἀπὸ τῆς πονηρίας, ὡς καὶ χαίρειν ἀποθνήσκοντας διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ τῆς καλῆς πέτρας, καὶ ζῶν ὕδωρ ταῖς καρδίαις τῶν διʼ αὐτοῦ ἀγαπησάντων τὸν πατέρα τῶν ὅλων βρυούσης, καὶ ποτιζούσης τοὺς βουλομένους τὸ τῆς ζωῆς ὕδωρ πιεῖν.

English · Claude translation

“Blessed, then, are we who have been circumcised with knives of stone with the second circumcision. For yours, the first, was done and is done with iron; for you remain hard of heart; but our circumcision, which is second in number, having appeared after yours, circumcises us by sharp stones, that is, by the words spoken through the apostles of the cornerstone, cut without hands, from idolatry and in a word all wickedness; whose hearts are so circumcised from evil that they rejoice to die for the name of the good Rock, which pours forth living water into the hearts of those who through him have loved the Father of all, and gives the water of life to drink to those who wish.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:188 · 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

Josh 5:2 · allusion, high confidence
Eph 2:20 · echo, medium confidence
Dan 2:34 · allusion, high confidence
1 Cor 10:4 · echo, medium confidence
John 7:38 · echo, medium confidence
Rev 22:17 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Martyrdom

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 114.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/114/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 114.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/114/4/).