Sophia Scriptura

Dialogue with Trypho 78.2

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The Magi worshiped and were warned not to return to Herod.

Greek text · Archambault 2:16–18

Τῶν ἀπὸ Ἀρραβίας οὖν μάγων ἐλθόντων εἰς Βηθλεὲμ καὶ προσκυνησάντων τὸ παιδίον καὶ προσενεγκάντων αὐτῷ δῶρα, χρυσὸν καὶ λίβανον καὶ σμύρναν, ἔπειτα κατʼ ἀποκάλυψιν, μετὰ τὸ προσκυνῆσαι τὸν παῖδα ἐν Βηθλεέμ, ἐκελεύσθησαν μὴ ἐπανελθεῖν πρὸς τὸν Ἡρώδην.

English · Claude translation

“When, then, the Magi from Arabia had come to Bethlehem and worshiped the child and brought him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh, they were then commanded by revelation, after worshiping the child in Bethlehem, not to return to Herod.

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Source
Archambault 2:16–18 · 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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Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip (dropped letter)): εἰς Βηλεὲμ → εἰς Βηθλεὲμ.

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Justin, Dial. 78.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/78/2/).

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Justin, Dial. 78.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/78/2/).

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