Dialogue with Trypho 84.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:52–54

Ἡ μήτηρ γὰρ τοῦ Σαμουὴλ μὴ τίκτουσα διὰ βουλὴν θεοῦ τέτοκε, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἁγίου πατριάρχου Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἐλισάβετ ἡ τὸν βαπτιστὴν Ἰωάννην τεκοῦσα, καὶ ἄλλαι τινὲς ὁμοίως. Ὥστε οὐκ ἀδύνατον ὑπολαμβάνειν δεῖ ὑμᾶς πάντα δύνασθαι τὸν θεὸν ὅσα βούλεται. Καὶ μάλιστα, ἐπειδὴ ἐπεπροφήτευτο μέλλειν γίνεσθαι, μὴ παραγράφειν ἢ παρεξηγεῖσθαι τολμᾶτε τὰς προφητείας, ἐπεὶ ἑαυτοὺς μόνους ἀδικήσετε, τὸν δὲ θεὸν οὐ βλάψετε.

English · Claude translation

“For the mother of Samuel, who was not bearing, bore by the will of God, and so did the wife of the holy patriarch Abraham, and Elizabeth who bore John the Baptist, and some others likewise. So you must not suppose it impossible for God to do whatever he wills. And especially, since it had been prophesied that it would happen, do not dare to alter or misinterpret the prophecies, since you will wrong only yourselves and will not harm God.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:52–54 · 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

1 Sam 1:20 · allusion, high confidence
Gen 21:2 · allusion, high confidence
Luke 1:57 · allusion, high confidence

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip (stray letter); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): πατριάρχου Ἀβραάμ καὶ → πατριάρχου Ἀβραὰμ καὶ; γίνεσθται → γίνεσθαι.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 84.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/4/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 84.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/84/4/).