Dialogue with Trypho 74.3
Summary: The psalm calls all nations to praise the Father for the saving passion of Christ; the text then breaks off.
Greek text · Archambault 1:356–358
Ὡς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ τῶν ὅλων ᾄδοντας καὶ ψάλλοντας τοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς γνόντας τὸ σωτήριον τοῦτο μυστήριον, τουτέστι τὸ πάθος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ τούτους ἔσωσεν, ἐνδιάγοντας κελεύει, ἐπιγνόντας ὅτι καὶ αἰνετὸς καὶ φοβερὸς καὶ ποιητὴς τοῦ τε οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ τοῦτο τὸ σωτήριον ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου γένους ποιήσας, τὸν καὶ μετὰ τὸ σταυρωθῆναι ἀποθνήσκοντα καὶ βασιλεύειν πάσης τῆς γῆς κατηξιωμένον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ὡς καὶ διὰ......
English · Claude translation
“He bids those from all the earth who have come to know this saving mystery, that is, the passion of Christ, by which he saved them, to sing and to make music to God the Father of all, recognizing that he who wrought this salvation for the human race is to be praised and feared and is the Maker of heaven and earth, he who has counted worthy the one who died after being crucified to reign over all the earth, as also through …
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Translation notes
- The text breaks off here: a large part of the Dialogue is lost at this point in the only manuscript, including the end of the first day's discussion. The next section begins in the middle of a quotation of Deut 31:16–18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip (elision mark and missing space)): ὑπ᾿αὐτοῦ → ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
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Justin, Dial. 74.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/74/3/).
Plain text
Justin, Dial. 74.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/74/3/).
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