Dialogue with Trypho 31.6 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Dan 7:23–25.

Greek text · Archambault 1:136

Καὶ ἐρρέθη μοι περὶ τοῦ τετάρτου θηρίου· βασιλεία τετάρτη ἔσται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἥτις διοίσει παρὰ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας ταύτας, καὶ καταφάγεται πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀναστατώσει αὐτὴν καὶ καταλεανεῖ αὐτήν. Καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα, δέκα βασιλεῖς ἀναστήσονται, καὶ ἕτερος μετʼ αὐτούς, καὶ οὗτος διοίσει κακοῖς ὑπὲρ τοὺς πρώτους, καὶ τρεῖς βασιλεῖς ταπεινώσει, καὶ ῥήματα πρὸς τὸν ὕψιστον λαλήσει, καὶ ἑτέρους ἁγίους τοῦ ὑψίστου καταστρέψει, καὶ προσδέξεται ἀλλοιῶσαι καιροὺς καὶ χρόνους· καὶ παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἕως καιροῦ καὶ καιρῶν καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ.

English · Claude translation

“‘And it was said to me about the fourth beast: A fourth kingdom shall be on the earth, which shall surpass all these kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth and overthrow it and crush it. And the ten horns: ten kings shall arise, and another after them, and he shall surpass the first in evils, and shall humble three kings, and shall speak words against the Most High, and shall overthrow other saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and seasons; and it shall be given into his hands until a time and times and half a time.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:136 · 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

Dan 7:23 · quotation, high confidence
Dan 7:24 · quotation, high confidence
Dan 7:25 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon, Eschatology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 31.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/31/6/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 31.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/31/6/).