Dialogue with Trypho 42.1
Summary: The twelve bells on the high priest's robe symbolized the twelve apostles.
Greek text · Archambault 1:186
Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ δώδεκα κώδωνας ἐξῆφθαι τοῦ ποδήρους τοῦ ἀρχιερέως παραδεδόσθαι τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τῶν ἐξαφθέντων ἀπὸ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ αἰωνίου ἱερέως Χριστοῦ, διʼ ὧν τῆς φωνῆς ἡ πᾶσα γῆ τῆς δόξης καὶ χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπληρώθη, σύμβολον ἦν. Διὸ καὶ ὁ Δαυῒδ λέγει· Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
English · Claude translation
“And the handing down that twelve bells were attached to the robe of the high priest was a symbol of the twelve apostles who were attached to the power of Christ, the eternal priest, by whose voice all the earth was filled with the glory and grace of God and of his Christ. That is why David too says: ‘Their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.’
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Translation notes
- Exod 28:33–35 does not specify twelve bells; Justin follows a tradition that did.
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Justin, Dial. 42.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/42/1/).
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Justin, Dial. 42.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/42/1/).
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