Dialogue with Trypho 102.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Ps 22:9–15 foretold the events of the passion.

Greek text · Archambault 2:128

Καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· Ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ μασθῶν τῆς μητρός μου· ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπερρίφην ἐκ μήτρας, ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρός μου θεός μου εἶ σύ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ βοηθῶν μοι. Περιεκύκλωσάν με μόσχοι πολλοί, ταῦροι πίονες περιέσχον με· ἤνοιξαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν ὡς λέων ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος. Ὡσεὶ ὕδωρ ἐξεχύθη καὶ διεσκορπίσθη πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου. Ἐγενήθη ἡ καρδία μου ὡσεὶ κηρὸς τηκόμενος ἐν μέσῳ τῆς κοιλίας μου· ἐξηράνθη ὡς ὄστρακον ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου κεκόλληται τῷ λάρυγγί μου· τῶν γεγενημένων τὴν προαγγελίαν ἐποιεῖτο.

English · Claude translation

“And the following words, ‘My hope from my mother's breasts; I was cast upon you from the womb; from my mother's womb you are my God, for there is none to help me. Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have encircled me; they opened their mouth against me like a lion ravening and roaring. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are scattered. My heart has become like wax melting in the midst of my belly; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my throat,’ made a foretelling of what happened.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:128 · 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

Ps 22:9 (21:10 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:10 (21:11 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:11 (21:12 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:12 (21:13 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:13 (21:14 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:14 (21:15 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 22:15 (21:16 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 102.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 102.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/1/).