Dialogue with Trypho 90.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The prophets hid the truth in parables and types.

Greek text · Archambault 2:82

Οἶσθα, ἔφην, ὅτι ὅσα εἶπον καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ προφῆται, ὡς καὶ ὡμολογήθη ὑμῖν, παραβολαῖς καὶ τύποις ἀπεκάλυψαν, ὡς μὴ ῥᾳδίως τὰ πλεῖστα ὑπὸ πάντων νοηθῆναι, κρύπτοντες τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀλήθειαν, ὡς καὶ πονέσαι τοὺς ζητοῦντας εὑρεῖν καὶ μαθεῖν. Οἱ δὲ ἔφησαν· Καὶ ὡμολογήθη ἡμῖν.

English · Claude translation

“You know,” I said, “that whatever the prophets said and did, as has also been agreed by you, they revealed in parables and types, so that most things might not easily be understood by everyone, hiding the truth in them, so that those who seek to find and learn must labor.” And they said, “It has been agreed by us.”

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:82 · 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

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 90.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/90/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 90.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/90/2/).