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JUPITER the principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was identified with this God by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this God outside the gates of Lystra (14:13).

JUSTICE is rendering to every one that which is his due. It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is fair and right in every separate case.