2. The Lucan Writings. The adj. dikaios is applied to Christ (Lk. 23:47; Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14), to righteous men (Lk. 1:6, 17; 2:25; 14:14; 15:7; 18:9; 20:23; 23:50; Acts 10:22; 24:15), and to things (Lk. 12:57; Acts 4:19). The adv. dikaiōs occurs only in the Gospels at Lk. 23:41 in the remark of the penitent thief who observed that he and the other thief were suffering justly, but Jesus had done no wrong. The noun dikaiōma occurs in the Gospels only at Lk. 1:6 of Zechariah and Elizabeth who
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