Dialogue with Trypho 50.1

Summary: Trypho asks Justin to prove there is “another God” besides the Creator.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:224

Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων· Ἔοικάς μοι ἐκ πολλῆς προστρίψεως τῆς πρὸς πολλοὺς περὶ πάντων τῶν ζητουμένων γεγονέναι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἑτοίμως ἔχειν ἀποκρίνεσθαι πρὸς πάντα ἃ ἂν ἐπερωτηθῇς. Ἀπόκριναι οὖν μοι πρότερον, πῶς ἔχεις ἀποδεῖξαι ὅτι καὶ ἄλλος θεὸς παρὰ τὸν ποιητὴν τῶν ὅλων, καὶ τότε ἀποδείξεις ὅτι καὶ γεννηθῆναι διὰ τῆς παρθένου ὑπέμεινε.

English · Claude translation

And Trypho said, “You seem to me to have come from much practice with many people about all the matters in question, and therefore to be ready to answer anything you are asked. Answer me, then, first, how you can prove that there is another God besides the Maker of all things; and then you will prove that he also consented to be born through the Virgin.”

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Source
Archambault 1:224 · 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.
Topics
Christology, Trinity

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong letter)): Καὶ ὁ Τρύρων → Καὶ ὁ Τρύφων; πάντα ἃ ἄν ἐπερωτηθῇς → πάντα ἃ ἂν ἐπερωτηθῇς.

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Justin, Dial. 50.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/50/1/).

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Justin, Dial. 50.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/50/1/).

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