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Dialogue with Trypho

Justin Martyr

Chapter 54

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 LIV.—What the blood of the grape signifies.

“And that expression which was committed to writing

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by

Moses

,

and

prophesied

by

the

patriarch

Jacob

,

namely

,

‘

He

shall

wash

His

garments

with

wine

,

and

His

vesture

with

the

blood

of

the

grape

,

’

signified

that

He

would

wash

those

that

believe

in

Him

with

His

own

blood

.

For

the

Holy

Spirit

called

those

who

receive

remission

of

sins

through

Him

,

His

garments

;

amongst

whom

He

is

always

present

in

power

,

but

will

be

manifestly

present

at

His

second

coming

.

That

the

Scripture

mentions

the

blood

of

the

grape

has

been

evidently

designed

,

because

Christ

derives

blood

not

from

the

seed

of

man

,

but

from

the

power

of

God

.

For

as

God

,

and

not

man

,

has

produced

the

blood

of

the

vine

,

so

also

[

the

Scripture

]

has

predicted

that

the

blood

of

Christ

would

be

not

of

the

seed

of

man

,

but

of

the

power

of

God

.

But

this

prophecy

,

sirs

,

which

I

repeated

,

proves

that

Christ

is

not

man

of

men

,

begotten

in

the

ordinary

course

of

humanity

.

”

Notes

171
Literally, “inquired into.”