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Dialogue with Trypho

Justin Martyr

Chapter 111

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 CXI.—The two advents were signified by the two goats. Other figures of the first advent, in which the Gentiles are freed by the blood of Christ.

“And that it was declared by symbol,

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even

in

the

time

of

Moses

,

that

there

would

be

two

advents

of

this

Christ

,

as

I

have

mentioned

previously

,

[

is

manifest

]

from

the

symbol

of

the

goats

presented

for

sacrifice

during

the

fast

.

And

again

,

by

what

Moses

and

Joshua

did

,

the

same

thing

was

symbolically

announced

and

told

beforehand

.

For

the

one

of

them

,

stretching

out

his

hands

,

remained

till

evening

on

the

hill

,

his

hands

being

supported

;

and

this

reveals

a

type

of

no

other

thing

than

of

the

cross

:

and

the

other

,

whose

name

was

altered

to

Jesus

(

Joshua

)

,

led

the

fight

,

and

Israel

conquered

.

Now

this

took

place

in

the

case

of

both

those

holy

men

and

prophets

of

God

,

that

you

may

perceive

how

one

of

them

could

not

bear

up

both

the

mysteries

:

I

mean

,

the

type

of

the

cross

and

the

type

of

the

name

.

For

this

is

,

was

,

and

shall

be

the

strength

of

Him

alone

,

whose

name

every

power

dreads

,

being

very

much

tormented

because

they

shall

be

destroyed

by

Him

.

Therefore

our

suffering

and

crucified

Christ

was

not

cursed

by

the

law

,

but

made

it

manifest

that

He

alone

would

save

those

who

do

not

depart

from

His

faith

.

And

the

blood

of

the

passover

,

sprinkled

on

each

man’s

door

-

posts

and

lintel

,

delivered

those

who

were

saved

in

Egypt

,

when

the

first

-

born

of

the

Egyptians

were

destroyed

.

For

the

passover

was

Christ

,

who

was

afterwards

sacrificed

,

as

also

Isaiah

said

,

‘

He

was

led

as

a

sheep

to

the

slaughter

.

’

And

it

is

written

,

that

on

the

day

of

the

passover

you

seized

Him

,

and

that

also

during

the

passover

you

crucified

Him

.

And

as

the

blood

of

the

passover

saved

those

who

were

in

Egypt

,

so

also

the

blood

of

Christ

will

deliver

from

death

those

who

have

believed

.

Would

God

,

then

,

have

been

deceived

if

this

sign

had

not

been

above

the

doors

?

I

do

not

say

that

;

but

I

affirm

that

He

announced

beforehand

the

future

salvation

for

the

human

race

through

the

blood

of

Christ

.

For

the

sign

of

the

scarlet

thread

,

which

the

spies

,

sent

to

Jericho

by

Joshua

,

son

of

Nave

(

Nun

)

,

gave

to

Rahab

the

harlot

,

telling

her

to

bind

it

to

the

window

through

which

she

let

them

down

to

escape

from

their

enemies

,

also

manifested

the

symbol

of

the

blood

of

Christ

,

by

which

those

who

were

at

one

time

harlots

and

unrighteous

persons

out

of

all

nations

are

saved

,

receiving

remission

of

sins

,

and

continuing

no

longer

in

sin

.

Notes

423
Isa. liii. 7.