Dialogue with Trypho 70.4

Summary: Isaiah's “bread” and “water” foretell the Eucharist.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:342

Ὅτι μὲν οὖν καὶ λέγει ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ προφητείᾳ περὶ τοῦ ἄρτου, ὃν παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ ἡμέτερος Χριστὸς ποιεῖν εἰς ἀνάμνησιν τοῦ σεσωματοποιῆσθαι αὐτὸν διὰ τοὺς πιστεύοντας εἰς αὐτόν, διʼ οὓς καὶ παθητὸς γέγονε, καὶ περὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου, ὃ εἰς ἀνάμνησιν τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ παρέδωκεν εὐχαριστοῦντας ποιεῖν, φαίνεται. Καὶ ὅτι βασιλέα τοῦτον αὐτὸν μετὰ δόξης ὀψόμεθα, αὕτη ἡ προφητεία δηλοῖ.

English · Claude translation

“Now it is plain that in this prophecy he speaks of the bread which our Christ handed down to us to do in remembrance of his having been made flesh for the sake of those who believe in him, for whom he also became subject to suffering; and of the cup, which he handed down to be done, giving thanks, in remembrance of his blood. And this prophecy shows that we shall see this same one as King with glory.

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Source
Archambault 1:342 · 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)
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Eucharist

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  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἄρτου, ὅν παρέδωκεν → ἄρτου, ὃν παρέδωκεν.

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Justin, Dial. 70.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/70/4/).

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Justin, Dial. 70.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/70/4/).

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