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Dialogue with Trypho

Justin Martyr

Chapter 104

About this work

A literary dialogue in which Justin recounts his conversion to Christianity and debates Scripture, covenant, messianic prophecy, law, and the identity of God’s people with a Jewish interlocutor.

Author: Justin Martyr
Date: Mid-2nd century
Origin: Rome
Genre: Dialogue

Chapter CIV.—Circumstances of Christ’s death are predicted in this Psalm.

“And the statement, ‘Thou hast brought

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me

into

the

dust

of

death

;

for

many

dogs

have

surrounded

me

:

the

assembly

of

the

wicked

have

beset

me

round

.

They

pierced

my

hands

and

my

feet

.

They

did

tell

all

my

bones

.

They

did

look

and

stare

upon

me

.

They

parted

my

garments

among

them

,

and

cast

lots

upon

my

vesture

,

’

—

was

a

prediction

,

as

I

said

before

,

of

the

death

to

which

the

synagogue

of

the

wicked

would

condemn

Him

,

whom

He

calls

both

dogs

and

hunters

,

declaring

that

those

who

hunted

Him

were

both

gathered

together

and

assiduously

striving

to

condemn

Him

.

And

this

is

recorded

to

have

happened

in

the

memoirs

of

His

apostles

.

And

I

have

shown

that

,

after

His

crucifixion

,

they

who

crucified

Him

parted

His

garments

among

them

.