125Prosecutor

kategoros — Greek

Kategoros is the prosecutor — the party who stands before the bench and presses the charge against the accused. It is the noun behind the verb ‘to accuse’ (kategoreo): the one who lodges the indictment and argues for the defendant’s guilt. Revelation names the great kategoros, “the accuser of our brethren... which accused them before our Elohim day and night” (Revelation 12:10). The prosecutor’s whole function depends on a live charge under a real law; where the account is answered, he has nothing to prosecute. To face a kategoros is to face a formal case pressed against you — and to have an Advocate is to have that case answered.

The Root

kategoros (G2725) — an accuser, a prosecutor; the party who brings the charge in court.

Shares a Root With

kategoros (G2725) — 117. Accuse

Kategoros (the prosecutor) and kategoreo (to accuse) share the kateg- root: the party, and the act of pressing the charge.

The Courtroom Word

A prosecution term — the party who presses the charge before the bench.

Its Role in the Court

Every trial has a prosecutor, and the kategoros is it — the party who lodges the charge and argues the defendant’s guilt. The great accuser prosecutes the brethren without rest, but his case stands only while the charge is live and unanswered. Against the covered, the Advocate answers it and the prosecutor is cast down. The kategoros holds no power beyond an open charge.

Proof Texts

Revelation 12:10 “The accuser of our brethren... accused them before our Elohim day and night.” The prosecutor pressing the case.

John 8:10 “Where are those thine accusers?” The prosecutors withdrawn, no case pressed.

Acts 23:30 “Gave commandment to his accusers... to say before thee.” Accusers bringing their charge to the bench.

Acts 25:16 “Have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer.” The prosecutor faced, the defense allowed.

In Plain Terms

A kategoros is a prosecutor — the party who presses the charge against you in court. It is the noun for ‘accuser.’ The great one prosecutes the brethren day and night, but only while the charge is open. Answer the account, and the prosecutor has nothing to press.

Bring It Home

Picture the prosecutor at his table, indictment in hand, arguing your guilt to the judge. That is the kategoros. He works relentlessly — but the moment your Advocate lays a paid receipt on the bench, the charge is answered and the prosecutor is dismissed. His power was only ever a live case.

Courtroom Roles

The kategoros (the Prosecutor) presses the charge against the accused.
Yahushua (the Advocate) answers the charge for the defense.
Yahuah (the Judge) before whom the case is lodged, and who dismisses it.

Where It Sits

IThere Is a Court

IIThe Court Runs on One Code

IIIYou Are Named on the Docket

IVThe Acquittal

VYour Life Is the Testing

VIIt Is All Entered as Evidence

VIIThe Bench Convenes

Movement VII — The Bench Convenes. The ruling is read, and each party is paid exactly what the record assigns.