ISB ~ 1 Peter 5 v8

Your adversary the devil:Peter points the finger at Satan, accusing him of being the unseen perpetrator of Christian persecutions (5:9). His deadly intentions and predatorial tactics make him comparable to a ravenous lion on the hunt for food. Lions were greatly feared in biblical times (2 Kings 17:25-26) and were sometimes made a symbol of one’s enemy (Ps 7:1-2; 10:8-9) (CCC 2851-54).