Reference: Accuser
Easton
Satan is styled the "accuser of the brethren" (Re 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zec 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified. He was regarded by the Jews as the accuser of men before God, laying to their charge the violations of the law of which they were guilty, and demanding their punishment. The same Greek word, rendered "accuser," is found in Joh 8:10 (but omitted in the Revised Version); Ac 23:30,35; 24:8; 25:16,18, in all of which places it is used of one who brings a charge against another.
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Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said unto her, Woman, where are thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?
And when it was told me how the Jews lay in wait to ambush the man, I sent straightway to thee and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
commanding his accusers to come unto thee; by examining of whom thou may take knowledge of all these things, of which we accuse him.
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before the one who is accused is face to face with his accusers and is given license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed,
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
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Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
and there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, Defend me from my adversary.
and there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, Defend me from my adversary.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.