Dialogue with Trypho 116.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:196–198

Ὃν γὰρ τρόπον Ἰησοῦς ἐκεῖνος, ὁ λεγόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ προφήτου ἱερεύς, ῥυπαρὰ ἱμάτια ἐφάνη φορῶν διὰ τὸ γυναῖκα πόρνην λελέχθαι εἰληφέναι αὐτόν, καὶ δαλὸς ἐξεσπασμένος ἐκ πυρὸς ἐκλήθη διὰ τὸ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰληφέναι, ἐπιτιμηθέντος καὶ τοῦ ἀντικειμένου αὐτῷ διαβόλου, οὕτως ἡμεῖς, οἱ διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὀνόματος ὡς εἷς ἄνθρωπος πιστεύσαντες εἰς τὸν ποιητὴν τῶν ὅλων θεόν, διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ πρωτοτόκου αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ τὰ ῥυπαρὰ ἱμάτια, τουτέστι τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀπημφιεσμένοι, πυρωθέντες διὰ τοῦ λόγου τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, ἀρχιερατικὸν τὸ ἀληθινὸν γένος ἐσμὲν τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς μαρτυρεῖ, εἰπὼν ὅτι ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι θυσίας εὐαρέστους αὐτῷ καὶ καθαρὰς προσφέροντες. Οὐ δέχεται δὲ παρʼ οὐδενὸς θυσίας ὁ θεός, εἰ μὴ διὰ τῶν ἱερέων αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

“For just as that Joshua, called a priest by the prophet, appeared wearing filthy garments because he was said to have taken a harlot as wife, and was called a brand plucked from the fire because he had received forgiveness of sins, the devil who opposed him being also rebuked; so we, who through the name of Jesus have believed as one man in God the Maker of all, having stripped off through the name of his firstborn Son the filthy garments, that is, our sins, and being set on fire by the word of his calling, are the true high-priestly race of God, as God himself also testifies, saying that in every place among the nations they offer him sacrifices pleasing and pure. And God does not receive sacrifices from anyone except through his priests.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:196–198 · 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

Zech 3:3 · allusion, high confidence
Mal 1:11 · allusion, high confidence
1 Pet 2:9 · echo, high confidence

Topics

Eucharist

Notes

Translation notes

“Because he was said to have taken a harlot as wife”: a Jewish explanation of Joshua's filthy garments (compare Ezra 10:18).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (missing accent)): τοῦ Ἰησου ὀνόματος → τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὀνόματος.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 116.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/116/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 116.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/116/3/).