1. Matthew 4:10 (ESV)
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What does the devil’s other name, Satan, mean?

Matthew 4:10 (ESV)

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”

Satan means opponent. In everything he is the opponent of God and the people of God.

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