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Dialogue with Trypho

Justin Martyr

Chapter 75

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 LXXV.—It is proved that Jesus was the name of God in the book of Exodus.

“Moreover, in the book of Exodus we

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have

also

perceived

that

the

name

of

God

Himself

which

,

He

says

,

was

not

revealed

to

Abraham

or

to

Jacob

,

was

Jesus

,

and

was

declared

mysteriously

through

Moses

.

Thus

it

is

written

:

‘

And

the

Lord

spake

to

Moses

,

Say

to

this

people

,

Behold

,

I

send

My

angel

before

thy

face

,

to

keep

thee

in

the

way

,

to

bring

thee

into

the

land

which

I

have

prepared

for

thee

.

Give

heed

to

Him

,

and

obey

Him

;

do

not

disobey

Him

.

For

He

will

not

draw

back

from

you

;

for

My

name

is

in

Him

.

’

Now

understand

that

He

who

led

your

fathers

into

the

land

is

called

by

this

name

Jesus

,

and

first

called

Auses

(

Oshea

)

.

For

if

you

shall

understand

this

,

you

shall

likewise

perceive

that

the

name

of

Him

who

said

to

Moses

,

‘

for

My

name

is

in

Him

,

’

was

Jesus

.

For

,

indeed

,

He

was

also

called

Israel

,

and

Jacob’s

name

was

changed

to

this

also

.

Now

Isaiah

shows

that

those

prophets

who

are

sent

to

publish

tidings

from

God

are

called

His

angels

and

apostles

.

For

Isaiah

says

in

a

certain

place

,

‘

Send

me

.

’

And

that

the

prophet

whose

name

was

changed

,

Jesus

[

Joshua

]

,

was

strong

and

great

,

is

manifest

to

all

.

If

,

then

,

we

know

that

God

revealed

Himself

in

so

many

forms

to

Abraham

,

and

to

Jacob

,

and

to

Moses

,

how

are

we

at

a

loss

,

and

do

not

believe

that

,

according

to

the

will

of

the

Father

of

all

things

,

it

was

possible

for

Him

to

be

born

man

of

the

Virgin

,

especially

after

we

have

such

Scriptures

,

from

which

it

can

be

plainly

perceived

that

He

became

so

according

to

the

will

of

the

Father

?

Notes

283
Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.
284
[Num. xiii. 16.]
285
Isa. vi. 8.
286
Or, “so many.”