Sophia Scriptura

Dialogue with Trypho 100.6

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Through Mary's Son God destroys the serpent and delivers from death.

Greek text · Archambault 2:124

Καὶ διὰ ταύτης γεγέννηται οὗτος, περὶ οὗ τὰς τοσαύτας γραφὰς ἀπεδείξαμεν εἰρῆσθαι, διʼ οὗ ὁ θεὸς τόν τε ὄφιν καὶ τοὺς ὁμοιωθέντας ἀγγέλους καὶ ἀνθρώπους καταλύει, ἀπαλλαγὴν δὲ τοῦ θανάτου τοῖς μεταγινώσκουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν φαύλων καὶ πιστεύουσιν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐργάζεται.

English · Claude translation

“And through her was born this one, of whom we have shown that so many Scriptures were spoken, through whom God destroys the serpent and the angels and men who have become like it, and works deliverance from death for those who repent of their evil deeds and believe in him.

About this passage

Source
Archambault 2:124 · 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
Text
As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
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.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Scripture
Topics
Christology

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Justin, Dial. 100.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/100/6/).

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Justin, Dial. 100.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/100/6/).

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