Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

1 Peter 5:8

νήψατε γρηγορήσατε, cf. 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 4:7. So St. Paul, γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν … ἡμέρας ὄντες νήφωμεν (1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:8) drawing upon the common source in the Parables of the Householder and Burglar, etc. (Matthew 24:42 ff.) which set forth the sudden coming of the Kingdom. ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος, your adversary, Satan ἀ. (properly adversary in law suit) is used in the general sense of enemy in LXX. Of the description of Satan, as a roaring lion comes from Psalms 22:14, ὡς λέων ὁ ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος; walketh from Job 1:7, where Satan (ὁ διάβολος LXX, Σατάν, Aq.) περιελθὼν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσας τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πάρειμι; seeking to devour identifies him with Hades the lord of death; cf. Proverbs 1:12, where the wicked say of the righteous man, καταπίωμεν αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα. The present sufferings of the Christians are his handiwork as much as the sufferings of Jesus (1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 2:8) and of Job.

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