Dialogue with Trypho 62.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The Offspring begotten before creation is the one the Father addresses.

Greek text · Archambault 1:292–294

Ἀλλὰ τοῦτο τὸ τῷ ὄντι ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς προβληθὲν γέννημα πρὸ πάντων τῶν ποιημάτων συνῆν τῷ πατρί, καὶ τούτῳ ὁ πατὴρ προσομιλεῖ, ὡς ὁ λόγος διὰ τοῦ Σολομῶνος ἐδήλωσεν, ὅτι καὶ ἀρχὴ πρὸ πάντων τῶν ποιημάτων τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ καὶ γέννημα ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγεγέννητο, ὃ σοφία διὰ Σολομῶνος καλεῖται, καὶ διʼ ἀποκαλύψεως τῆς γεγενημένης Ἰησοῦ τῷ τοῦ Ναυῆ τοῦτο αὐτὸ εἰπόντος. Ἵνα δὲ καὶ ἐκ τούτων φανερὸν ὑμῖν γένηται ὃ λέγω, ἀκούσατε καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ βιβλίου Ἰησοῦ.

English · Claude translation

“But this Offspring, truly put forth from the Father before all things made, was with the Father, and with him the Father converses, as the word through Solomon showed, that this very one was both the Beginning before all things made and was begotten as Offspring by God, who is called Wisdom through Solomon; and through the revelation made to Joshua the son of Nun, he said the same thing. And so that what I say may become plain to you from these too, hear also the words from the book of Joshua.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:292–294 · 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

Christology, Trinity

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 62.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/62/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 62.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/62/4/).