Dialogue with Trypho 127.5

Summary: Otherwise the Father would not have been in heaven during these events.

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Greek text · Archambault 2:254

Ἐπεὶ ἐὰν μὴ οὕτω νοήσωμεν τὰς γραφάς, συμβήσεται τὸν πατέρα καὶ κύριον τῶν ὅλων μὴ γεγενῆσθαι τότε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅτε διὰ Μωσέως λέλεκται· Καὶ κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα πῦρ καὶ θεῖον παρὰ κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ πάλιν διὰ Δαυῒδ ὅτε λέλεκται οὕτως· Ἄρατε πύλας οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπάρθητε πύλαι αἰώνιοι, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς δόξης· καὶ πάλιν ὅτε φησί· Λέγει κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.

English · Claude translation

“For if we do not understand the Scriptures so, it will follow that the Father and Lord of all was not in the heavens when it was said through Moses, ‘And the Lord rained on Sodom fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven’; and again when it was said thus through David, ‘Lift up your gates, you rulers, and be lifted up, you everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall come in’; and again when he says, ‘The Lord says to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.’

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Source
Archambault 2:254 · 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
  • Gen 19:24 · quotation, high confidence
  • Ps 24:7 (23:7 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
  • Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Trinity

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἕως ἄν θῶ → ἕως ἂν θῶ.

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Justin, Dial. 127.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/127/5/).

Plain text
Justin, Dial. 127.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/127/5/).

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