Bible Lexicons

The emphasis which this compound lays on the character of the Judge rather than on the character of the judgement in Romans 2:5 (see SH ad l. ), receives support from two passages in the Oxyrhynchus papyri—the first in I. 71i. 4 (A.D. 303) where a petitioner appeals confidently to the Praefect εὔελπις ὢν τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ σοῦ μεγέθους δικαιοκρισίας τυχεῖν, ";being of good hope to obtain righteous judgement from thy Magnificence"; (cf. Nägeli, p. 48, LAE, p. 89 f.). The second is in VI. 904.2 (v/A.D.) where a certain Flavius, who has been subjected to indignity in the discharge of certain official duties, addresses the Praeses—ἡ τῆς ὑμετέρας δικαιοκρισ [ί ]ας καθαρότης πάντως κἀμὲ ἐλεήσει τὸν γεγηρακότα καὶ ἀσυνθηκεὶ διαπεπονθότα καὶ χλεύην παρὰ Φιλοξένου, ";the purity of your righteous judgement will surely pity me, an old man who has suffered a breach of covenant and mockery at the hands of Philoxenus"; (Edd.). The word occurs again in the very fragmentary P Flor I. 88.26 (? A.D. 215) σου δικαιοκρι ̣[σίας τυχεῖν ?