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[[Text:EBD:Satan|Satan ]] is styled the "accuser of the brethren" (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among [[Text:EBD:Man|men ]] by bringing false charges against [[Text:EBD:Christian|Christians]], with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified. He was regarded by the [[Text:EBD:Jew|Jews ]] as the accuser of men before [[Text:EBD:God|God]], laying to their charge the violations of the [[Text:EBD:Law|law ]] of which they were guilty, and demanding their [[Text:EBD:Punishment|punishment]]. The same Greek word, rendered "accuser," is found in John 8:10 (but omitted in the Revised Version); Acts 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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