Dialogue with Trypho 51.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Trypho calls the prophecies ambiguous; Justin answers that prophecy ceased after John.

Greek text · Archambault 1:228

Καὶ παυσαμένου μου εἶπεν ὁ Τρύφων· Ἀμφίβολοι μὲν πάντες οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, ἣν φῄς σύ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, καὶ οὐδὲν τμητικὸν εἰς ἀπόδειξιν οὗπερ βούλει ἀποδεῖξαι ἔχοντες. Κἀγὼ ἀπεκρινάμην· Εἰ μὲν μὴ ἐπαύσαντο καὶ εἰσέτι ἐγένοντο οἱ προφῆται ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν, ὦ Τρύφων, μετὰ τοῦτον τὸν Ἰωάννην, ἴσως ἀμφίβολα ἐνοεῖτε εἶναι τὰ λεγόμενα.

English · Claude translation

When I had stopped, Trypho said, “All the words of the prophecy you cite, sir, are ambiguous, and have nothing decisive to prove what you wish to prove.” And I answered, “If the prophets had not ceased, Trypho, but had still arisen in your race after this John, you might perhaps think what is said ambiguous.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:228 · 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

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 51.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/51/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 51.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/51/1/).