Sophia Scriptura

Dialogue with Trypho 110.3

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

Summary: Christians have beaten swords into plowshares; each sits under his own vine, that is, is faithful to his own wife.

Greek text · Archambault 2:164–166

καὶ οἱ πολέμου καὶ ἀλληλοφονίας καὶ πάσης κακίας μεμεστωμένοι ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς τὰ πολεμικὰ ὄργανα ἕκαστος, τὰς μαχαίρας εἰς ἄροτρα καὶ τὰς ζιβύνας εἰς γεωργικά, μετεβάλομεν, καὶ γεωργοῦμεν εὐσέβειαν, δικαιοσύνην, φιλανθρωπίαν, πίστιν, ἐλπίδα τὴν παρʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πατρὸς διὰ τοῦ σταυρωθέντος, ὑπὸ τὴν ἄμπελον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἕκαστος καθεζόμενοι, τουτέστι μόνῃ τῇ γαμετῇ γυναικὶ ἕκαστος χρώμενοι· ὅτι γὰρ ὁ λόγος ὁ προφητικὸς λέγει· Καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἄμπελος εὐθηνοῦσα, ἐπίστασθε.

English · Claude translation

“and we, who were filled with war and mutual slaughter and every wickedness, have each from all the earth changed our weapons of war, our swords into plowshares and our spears into farming tools, and we cultivate piety, righteousness, love of mankind, faith, hope that comes from the Father himself through the crucified one, each sitting under his own vine, that is, each having only his own wedded wife; for you know that the prophetic word says, ‘And his wife as a fruitful vine.’

About this passage

Source
Archambault 2:164–166 · 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
  • Mic 4:3 · allusion, high confidence
  • Mic 4:4 · allusion, high confidence
  • Ps 128:3 (127:3 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
  • Isa 2:4 · allusion, medium confidence
Topics
Marriage, Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

  • Justin reads Micah's “vine” as each man's own wife (Ps 128:3), an early witness to Christian monogamy.

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Justin, Dial. 110.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/110/3/).

Plain text
Justin, Dial. 110.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/110/3/).

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