Dialogue with Trypho 73.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Only of the crucified Christ is it said that he reigned among the nations.

Greek text · Archambault 1:350–352

Ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἔθνεσι περὶ οὐδενὸς ὡς θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου ἐλέχθη ποτὲ ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ γένους ὑμῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀλλʼ ἢ περὶ τούτου μόνου τοῦ σταυρωθέντος, ὃν καὶ σεσῶσθαι ἀναστάντα ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ψαλμῷ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον λέγει, μηνύον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμοιος τοῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν θεοῖς· ἐκεῖνα γὰρ εἴδωλά ἐστι δαιμονίων.

English · Claude translation

“But among the nations it was never said by those of your race of anyone as God and Lord that he reigned, except of this one alone who was crucified, of whom the Holy Spirit in the same psalm says that he was saved by rising again, indicating that he is not like the gods of the nations; for they are idols of demons.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:350–352 · 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

Ps 96:5 (95:5 LXX) · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 73.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 73.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/73/2/).