Mark 8:33

 Yesterday, our Sunday school lesson centered around the idea of "Who do you say that I am?" based on Mark 8:27-38. The part of that passage that has always bothered me is Jesus' rebuke of Peter. Jesus says, "Get behind me, Satan!" Is Jesus really accusing Peter of being Satan?

The Hebrew word, satan, means "accuser" or "adversary."

This phrase makes much more sense to me if the word satan is not capitalized - is not a proper name. It makes sense for Jesus to rebuke Peter by telling him that he must not tempt Jesus - that Peter must not be the adversary to the work of Jesus.

Could it be that we, as translators, have capitalized the word, making it a name instead of a noun?