Joh 5:45 Do not think that I will
accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
This has really got me thinking. I did a search on the word accuse and accuseth from this verse and it is very interesting.
The word is:
G2723
κατηγορέω
katēgoreō
Thayer Definition:
1) to accuse
1a) before a judge: to make an accusation
1b) of an extra-judicial accusation
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G2725
Total KJV Occurrences: 22
accuse, 13
Mat_12:10, Mar_3:2, Luk_11:54, Luk_23:2, Luk_23:14, Joh_5:45, Joh_8:6, Act_24:2, Act_24:8, Act_24:13, Act_25:5, Act_25:11, Act_28:19
accused, 6
Mat_27:12, Mar_15:3, Luk_23:10, Act_22:30, Act_25:16, Rev_12:10
accuseth, 1
Joh_5:45
accusing, 1
Rom_2:15
object, 1
Act_24:19
What really got me thinking was this:
Rev 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Is there a connection between "the devil" and the law?
Rom 4:14
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15 Because
the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Jud 1:9
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Zec 3:1 (REV)
And he shewed me, Joshua the high priest, standing before the messenger of Yahweh,-and,
the Accuser, standing at his right hand, to accuse him. 2 Then said Yahweh unto
the Accuser, Yahweh rebuke thee,
O Accuser, Yea Yahweh rebuke thee, he who is choosing Jerusalem,-Is not, this, a brand snatched out of the fire? 3 Now, Joshua, was clothed with
filthy garments,-though standing before the messenger.
Our righteousness [of the Law] are as filthy rags.
Isa 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Phi 3:9
And be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Some of the other posts got me thinking about this stuff. What do you guys and gals think?
Deedle