Dialogue with Trypho 56.14 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: David too calls another “Lord” and “God” besides the Father.

Greek text · Archambault 1:256

Οὐ διὰ τοῦτο, ἔφην, μόνον, ὅπερ ἦν, ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ὁμολογεῖν ἔδει ὅτι καὶ παρὰ τὸν νοούμενον ποιητὴν τῶν ὅλων ἄλλος τις κυριολογεῖται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος· οὐ μόνον δὲ διὰ Μωσέως, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ Δαυΐδ. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ διʼ ἐκείνου εἴρηται· Λέγει ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου, ὡς προείρηκα. Καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἄλλοις λόγοις· Ὁ θρόνος σου, ὁ θεός, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· ῥάβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου. Ἠγάπησας δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέ σε, ὁ θεός, ὁ θεός σου ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου.

English · Claude translation

“Not only for this reason,” I said, “which was so, must one admit in every way that besides the one understood as the Maker of all things, another is called Lord by the Holy Spirit; and not only through Moses, but also through David. For through him too it was said: ‘The Lord says to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet,’ as I said before. And again in other words: ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:256 · 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

Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 45:6 (44:7 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 45:7 (44:8 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Trinity, Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 56.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/14/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 56.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/14/).