1Pe 5:8 | RWP | e4.org | Be watchful ( γρηγορησατε ). First aorist active imperative of γρηγορεω , late present imperative from perfect εγρηγορα (to be awake) from εγειρω (to arouse), as in . For νηψατε see ; . Your adversary ( ο αντιδικος υμων ). Old word for opponent in a lawsuit ( ). The devil ( διαβολος ). Slanderer. See on . As a roaring lion ( ως ωρυομενος λεων ). But Jesus is also pictured as the Lion of the tribe of Judah ( ). But Satan roars at the saints. Present middle participle ωρυομα , old verb, here only in N.T., to howl like a wolf, dog, or lion, of men to sing loud (Pindar). See . Whom he may devour ( καταπιειν ). Second aorist active infinitive of καταπινω , to drink down. B does not have τινα , Aleph has τινα (somebody), "to devour some one," while A has interrogative τινα , "whom he may devour" (very rare idiom). But the devil's purpose is the ruin of men. He is a "peripatetic" ( περιπατε ) like the peripatetic philosophers who walked as they talked. Satan wants all of us and sifts us all ( ).

‏ 1 Peter 5:8

Be watchful ( γρηγορησατε ). First aorist active imperative of γρηγορεω, late present imperative from perfect εγρηγορα (to be awake) from εγειρω (to arouse), as in Mt 24:42. For νηψατε see 1:13; 4:7.

Your adversary ( ο αντιδικος υμων ). Old word for opponent in a lawsuit (Mt 5:25).

The devil ( διαβολος ). Slanderer. See on Mt 4:1.

As a roaring lion ( ως ωρυομενος λεων ). But Jesus is also pictured as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Re 5:5). But Satan

roars at the saints. Present middle participle ωρυομα, old verb, here only in N.T., to howl like a wolf, dog, or lion, of men to sing loud (Pindar). See Ps 22:13.

Whom he may devour ( καταπιειν ). Second aorist active infinitive of καταπινω, to drink down. B does not have τινα, Aleph has τινα (somebody), "to devour some one," while A has interrogative τινα, "whom he may devour" (very rare idiom). But the devil's purpose is the ruin of men. He is a "peripatetic" ( περιπατε ) like the peripatetic philosophers who walked as they talked. Satan wants all of us and sifts us all (Lu 22:31).