Dialogue with Trypho 126.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The appearance at Mamre.

Greek text · Archambault 2:248

Καὶ τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ὁμοίως, ὡς Μωσῆς φησιν, ὤφθη ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τῇ δρυῒ τῇ Μαμβρῆ, καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ μεσημβρίας. Εἶτα ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἐπιφέρει· Ἀναβλέψας δὲ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ τρεῖς ἄνδρες εἱστήκεισαν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἰδὼν συνέδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς. Μετʼ ὀλίγον δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὑπισχνεῖται τῷ Ἀβραὰμ υἱόν· Τί ὅτι ἐγέλασε Σάρρα λέγουσα· Ἆρά γε τέξομαι; Ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα. Μὴ ἀδυνατεῖ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ῥῆμα; Εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἀποστρέψω εἰς ὥρας, καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός. Καὶ ἀπαλλάσσονται ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ.

English · Claude translation

“And likewise to Abraham, as Moses says, God appeared at the oak of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent at noon. Then having said this he adds: ‘And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men stood over against him. And when he saw them he ran to meet them.’ A little later one of them promises Abraham a son: ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I then bear a child? But I am old. Is anything impossible with God? At this season I will return at this time, and Sarah shall have a son.’ And they depart from Abraham.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:248 · 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

Gen 18:1 · allusion, high confidence
Gen 18:2 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 18:13 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 18:14 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 126.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/126/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 126.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/126/4/).