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Dialogue with Trypho 131.6

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

Summary: Israel received quails, water from the rock, the cloud, and clothes that did not wear out.

Greek text · Archambault 2:270–272

Καὶ τοσαύτη δὲ ὀρτυγομήτρα ἐδόθη ὑμῖν ἐπιθυμήσασι κρεωφαγίας, ὅση ἀνάριθμους εἰπεῖν· οἷς καὶ ἐκ πέτρας ὕδωρ ἀνέβλυσε, καὶ νεφέλη εἰς σκιὰν ἀπὸ καύματος καὶ φυλακὴν ἀπὸ κρύους εἵπετο, ἄλλου οὐρανοῦ καινοῦ τρόπον καὶ προαγγελίαν ἀπαγγέλλουσα· ὧν καὶ οἱ ἱμάντες τῶν ὑποδημάτων οὐκ ἐρράγησαν, οὐδὲ αὐτὰ τὰ ὑποδήματα ἐπαλαιώθη, οὐδὲ τὰ ἐνδύματα κατετρίβη, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τῶν νεωτέρων συνηύξανε.

English · Claude translation

“And to you, when you desired to eat meat, so many quails were given that they could not be counted; for you water gushed from the rock, and a cloud followed you for shade from the heat and for protection from the cold, announcing the manner and the forecast of another, new heaven; the thongs of your sandals did not break, nor did the sandals themselves grow old, nor were your clothes worn out, but even the clothes of the young grew with them.

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Source
Archambault 2:270–272 · 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)
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Notes

Translation notes

  • That the children's clothes grew with them is a Jewish tradition, not in the biblical text (compare Deut 8:4; 29:5).

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Justin, Dial. 131.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/131/6/).

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Justin, Dial. 131.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/131/6/).

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