>When the Jews said, "We have [but] one father and that is God," Jesus retorted, "[No), you are of yourfather the Slanderer." >So I ask, Who and where is this Slanderer? From what act of slander does he get his name? >"Slanderer" cannot be his birth-name, but a name that comes from something he did.>Among what race of people did he appear and commit his act of slander?Well, Christbros? Do we have a response?
>If a father is wicked, then the sins of the father must not be attributed to his children.Exodus 20:5>Who is this Slanderer?The devil, or διάβολος.>Where is this Slanderer?Job 1:7>From what act of slander does he get his name?Genesis 3:1-5>Among what race of people did he appear and commit his act of slander?Man.
>>24945570Satan
>>24945570"Slanderer" is just a bad translation of ha-Satan, or Diabolos, more accurately (and typically) rendered The Accuser. Basically, it refers to the Adversary's role as the prosecutor of Mankind in the court of God, as it were. If once you understand this, the entire knot is dissolved; there doesn't need to be an act of slander because that's not the role being described.
