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 the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.
Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Jesus stood up straight and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"
When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.
When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing."
I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.
When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.
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Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.
Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.
Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.