Genesis 49:17 (WEB)
Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“And he surely reminds us of Jacob’s prophecy—he was shaken by his runaway steed, bitten by an adder and fell backwards.” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 17. Samson was of the tribe of Dan.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…for himself the power of the Roman empire, and shall falsely style himself Christ; by this name of Christ deceiving the Jews, who are looking for the Anointed, and seducing those of the Gentiles by his magical illusions.” — editor's note: τὸν ᾽Ηλειμυένον, Aquila’s rendering of חישמ, adopted by the Jews in preference to τὸν Χριστόν, from hatred of the name Christ or Christian. Hippolytus, ubi…
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Gen. xlix. 16–20 Dan shall judge his people, as himself also one tribe in Israel.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For as Christ springs from the tribe of Judah, so Antichrist is to spring from the tribe of Dan. And that the case stands thus, we see also from the words of Jacob: “Let Dan be a serpent, lying upon the ground, biting the horse’s heel.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 17.
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