Dialogue with Trypho 99.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Christ's prayer in the garden fulfills the psalm and shows his true humanity.

Greek text · Archambault 2:116

Καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· Μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς σωτηρίας μου οἱ λόγοι τῶν παραπτωμάτων μου· ὁ θεός μου, κεκράξομαι ἡμέρας πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούσῃ, καὶ νυκτὸς καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἄνοιαν ἐμοί, ὥσπερ καὶ αὐτὰ ἃ ποιεῖν ἔμελλε, ἐλέλεκτο. Τῇ γὰρ ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗπερ ἔμελλε σταυροῦσθαι, τρεῖς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ παραλαβὼν εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ λεγόμενον Ἐλαιών, παρακείμενον εὐθὺς τῷ ναῷ τῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ηὔχετο λέγων· Πάτερ, εἰ δυνατόν ἐστι, παρελθέτω τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο εὐχόμενος λέγει· Μὴ ὡς ἐγὼ βούλομαι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σὺ θέλεις· δηλῶν διὰ τούτων ὅτι ἀληθῶς παθητὸς ἄνθρωπος γεγένηται.

English · Claude translation

“And what follows, ‘Far from my salvation are the words of my transgressions; my God, I will cry to you by day, and you will not hear, and by night, and it is not for want of understanding in me,’ was said as though of the very things he was to do. For on the day on which he was to be crucified, he took three of his disciples to the mountain called Olivet, which lies right by the temple in Jerusalem, and prayed, saying, ‘Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.’ And after this, praying, he says, ‘Not as I will, but as you will’; showing by these things that he had truly become a man capable of suffering.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:116 · 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 22:1 (21:2 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:2 (21:3 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Matt 26:37 · allusion, high confidence
Matt 26:39 · quotation, high confidence
Luke 22:39 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Christology, Prayer

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 99.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/99/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 99.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/99/2/).