Dialogue with Trypho 76.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:8

Καὶ Ἡσαίας δὲ μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελον αὐτὸν εἰπών, οὐχὶ τούτων ὧνπερ ἐδίδαξεν ἐλθὼν διδάσκαλον αὐτὸν γεγενῆσθαι προεκήρυσσεν; Ἃ γὰρ μεγάλα ἐβεβούλευτο ὁ πατὴρ εἴς τε πάντας τοὺς εὐαρέστους γενομένους αὐτῷ καὶ γενησομένους ἀνθρώπους, καὶ τοὺς ἀποστάντας τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ ὁμοίως ἀνθρώπους ἢ ἀγγέλους, οὗτος μόνος ἀπαρακαλύπτως ἐδίδαξεν, εἰπών·

English · Claude translation

“And Isaiah, calling him the Angel of great counsel, did he not proclaim beforehand that he would be the teacher of the things which he taught when he came? For the great things the Father had planned for all men who have been and will be pleasing to him, and likewise for those, men or angels, who departed from his counsel, he alone taught without veil, saying:

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:8 · 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

Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX) · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Notes

Translation notes

“Angel of great counsel”: the LXX of Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): καἰ γενησομένους → καὶ γενησομένους.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 76.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/76/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 76.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/76/3/).