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Dialogue with Trypho 24.2

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Christ circumcises with “knives of stone,” making a righteous people.

Greek text · Archambault 1:110

Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς πάντας τοὺς βουλομένους περιτέμνει, ὥσπερ ἄνωθεν ἐκηρύσσετο, πετρίναις μαχαίραις, ἵνα γένηται ἔθνος δίκαιον, λαὸς φυλάσσων πίστιν, ἀντιλαμβανόμενος ἀληθείας καὶ φυλάσσων εἰρήνην.

English · Claude translation

“Jesus Christ circumcises all who wish, as was proclaimed of old, with knives of stone, that there may be a righteous nation, a people keeping faith, holding to truth and keeping peace.

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Source
Archambault 1:110 · 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.
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Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Knives of stone” (Josh 5:2): Justin reads Joshua (Greek Ἰησοῦς) as a figure of Jesus; see ch. 113.

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Justin, Dial. 24.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/24/2/).

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Justin, Dial. 24.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/24/2/).

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