Dialogue with Trypho 87.6 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Psalm 68 and Joel 2 foretold the outpouring of gifts.

Greek text · Archambault 2:70–72

Καὶ ὅτι ἐπεπροφήτευτο τοῦτο μέλλειν γίνεσθαι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τὴν εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνέλευσιν αὐτοῦ, εἶπον μὲν ἤδη καὶ πάλιν λέγω. Εἶπεν οὖν· Ἀνέβη εἰς ὕψος, ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν, ἔδωκε δόματα τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρᾳ προφητείᾳ εἴρηται· Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα, ἐκχεῶ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους μου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας μου, καὶ προφητεύσουσι.

English · Claude translation

“And that it had been prophesied that this would be done by him after his ascension into heaven, I have already said and say again. It said, then: ‘He went up on high, he led captivity captive, he gave gifts to the sons of men.’ And again in another prophecy it is said: ‘And it shall come to pass after these things, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and on my servants and on my handmaids, and they shall prophesy.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:70–72 · 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 68:18 (67:19 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Joel 2:28 (3:1 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Joel 2:29 (3:2 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Acts 2:17 · echo, medium confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 87.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/87/6/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 87.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/87/6/).