Dialogue with Trypho 129.4

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

Summary: The begotten is distinct in number from the one who begets.

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Greek text · Archambault 2:262

Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἐπήγαγον· Νοεῖτε, ὦ ἀκροαταί, εἴ γε καὶ τὸν νοῦν προσέχετε· καὶ ὅτι γεγεννῆσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦτο τὸ γέννημα πρὸ πάντων ἁπλῶς τῶν κτισμάτων ὁ λόγος ἐδήλου, καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον τοῦ γεννῶντος ἀριθμῷ ἕτερόν ἐστι, πᾶς ὁστισοῦν ὁμολογήσειε.

English · Claude translation

And having said this I added: “You understand, hearers, if indeed you pay attention; the word showed that this Offspring was begotten by the Father before all created things without exception; and anyone at all would admit that what is begotten is distinct in number from the one who begets.”

About this passage

Source: Archambault 2:262 · 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)
Topics: Trinity

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Justin, Dial. 129.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/129/4/).

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Justin, Dial. 129.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/129/4/).

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