Dialogue with Trypho 39.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: As in Elijah's day, a faithful remnant remains.

Greek text · Archambault 1:172–174

Καὶ οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν, ἐπεῖπον, εἰ καὶ ἡμᾶς μισεῖτε, τοὺς ταῦτα νοοῦντας καὶ ἐλέγχοντας ὑμῶν τὴν ἀεὶ σκληροκάρδιον γνώμην. Καὶ γὰρ Ἡλίας περὶ ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐντυγχάνων οὕτως λέγει· Κύριε, τοὺς προφήτας σου ἀπέκτειναν καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν· κἀγὼ ὑπελείφθην μόνος, καὶ ζητοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν μου. Καὶ ἀποκρίνεται αὐτῷ· Ἔτι εἰσί μοι ἑπτακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες, οἳ οὐκ ἔκαμψαν γόνυ τῇ Βάαλ.

English · Claude translation

“And it is no wonder,” I added, “if you hate us too, who understand these things and expose your always hard-hearted mind. For Elijah too, pleading with God about you, says thus: ‘Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.’ And he answers him: ‘I still have seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:172–174 · 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

1 Kgs 19:10 · quotation, high confidence
1 Kgs 19:18 · quotation, high confidence
Rom 11:3 · echo, high confidence
Rom 11:4 · echo, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 39.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/39/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 39.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/39/1/).