Dialogue with Trypho 84.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The virgin birth is the true sign, as wondrous as Eve's creation from Adam's rib.

Greek text · Archambault 2:50–52

Ἀλλʼ ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀληθῶς σημεῖον καὶ πιστὸν τῷ γένει τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔμελλε γίνεσθαι, τουτέστι διὰ παρθενικῆς μήτρας τὸν πρωτότοκον τῶν πάντων ποιημάτων σαρκοποιηθέντα ἀληθῶς παιδίον γενέσθαι, προλαβὼν αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ προφητικοῦ πνεύματος κατὰ ἄλλον καὶ ἄλλον τρόπον, ὡς ἀνιστόρησα ὑμῖν, προεκήρυξεν, ἵνα ὅταν γένηται δυνάμει καὶ βουλῇ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων ποιητοῦ γενόμενον γνωσθῇ· ὡς καὶ ἀπὸ πλευρᾶς μιᾶς τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἡ Εὔα γέγονε, καὶ ὥσπερ τἄλλα πάντα ζῶα λόγῳ θεοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐγεννήθη.

English · Claude translation

“But what is truly a sign, and was to be trustworthy to the human race, namely that through a virgin womb the firstborn of all creation should be made flesh and truly become a child, this he took up beforehand and proclaimed through the prophetic Spirit in one way and another, as I have recounted to you, so that when it came about it might be recognized as having come about by the power and will of the Maker of all things; just as Eve was made from one of Adam's ribs, and as all other living things were begotten in the beginning by the word of God.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:50–52 · 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

Col 1:15 · echo, high confidence
Gen 2:22 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 84.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 84.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/2/).