Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Ch. 111
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Καὶ ὅτι δύο παρουσίας συμβολικῶς γενήσεσθαι τούτου τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ Μωσέως προελέγετο , προεῖπον διὰ τοῦ συμβόλου τῶν ἐν τῇ νηστείᾳ προσφερομένων τράγων . Καὶ πάλιν ἐν οἷς ἐποίησαν Μωσῆς καὶ Ἰησοῦς τὸ αὐτὸ προκηρυσσόμενον συμβολικῶς ἦν καὶ λεγόμενον . Ὁ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὰς χεῖρας ἐκτείνας ἐπὶ τοῦ βουνοῦ μέχρις ἑσπέρας ἔμενεν , ὑποβασταζομένων τῶν χειρῶν , ὃ οὐδενὸς ἄλλου τύπον δείκνυσιν ἢ τοῦ σταυροῦ , ὁ δὲ τῷ Ἰησοῦ ὀνόματι μετονομασθεὶς ἦρχε τῆς μάχης , καὶ ἐνίκα Ἰσραήλ . Ἦν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἐπ᾿ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων καὶ προφητῶν τοῦ θεοῦ νοῆσαι γεγενημένον , ὅτι ἀμφότερα τὰ μυστήρια εἷς αὐτῶν βαστάσαι οὐκ ἦν δυνατός , λέγω δὲ τὸν τύπον τοῦ σταυροῦ καὶ τὸν τύπον τῆς τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐπικλήσεως · ἑνὸς γὰρ μόνου ἡ ἰσχὺς αὕτη ἐστὶ καὶ ἦν καὶ ἔσται , οὗ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα πᾶσα ἀρχὴ δέδιεν , ὠδίνουσα ὅτι δι᾿ αὐτοῦ καταλύεσθαι μέλλουσιν . Ὁ οὖν παθητὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σταυρωθεὶς Χριστὸς οὐ κατηράθη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου , ἀλλὰ μόνος σώσειν τοὺς μὴ ἀφισταμένους τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ ἐδήλου . Καὶ τοὺς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δὲ σωθέντας , ὅτε ἀπώλλυντο τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων , τὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἐρρύσατο αἷμα , τὸ ἑκατέρωσε τῶν σταθμῶν καὶ τοῦ ὑπερθύρου χρισθέν . Ἦν γὰρ τὸ πάσχα ὁ Χριστός , ὁ τυθεὶς ὕστερον , ὡς καὶ Ἡσαςΐας ἔφη · Αὐτὸς ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη . Καὶ ὅτι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ πάσχα συνελάβετε αὐτὸν καὶ ὁμοίως ἐν τῷ πάσχα ἐσταυρώσατε , γέγραπται . Ὡς δὲ τοὺς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἔσωσε τὸ αἷμα τοῦ πάσχα , οὕτως καὶ τοῦς πιστεύσαντας ῥύσεται ἐκ θανάτου τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ . Ἔμελλεν οὖν ὁ θεὸς πλανᾶσθαι , εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῶν θυρῶν ἐγεγόνει ; Οὔ φημι ἐγώ , ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι προεκήρυσσε τὴν μέλλουσαν δι᾿ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ γενήσεσθαι σωτηρίαν τῷ γένει τῶν ἀνθρώπων . Καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύμβολον τοῦ κοκκίνου σπαρτίου , οὗ ἔδωκαν ἐν Ἱεριχῶ οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ πεμφθέντες κατάσκοποι Ῥαὰβ τῇ πόρνῃ , εἰπόντες προσδῆσαι αὐτὸ τῇ θυρίδι , δι᾿ ἧς αὐτοὺς ἐχάλασεν ὅπως λάθωσι τοὺς πολεμίους , ὁμοίως τὸ σύμβολον τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐδήλου , δι᾿ οὗ οἱ πάλαι πόρνοι καὶ ἄδικοι ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν σώζονται , ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν λαβόντες καὶ μηκέτι ἁμαρτάνοντες .
"
And
that
it
was
declared
by
symbol
,
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
.