Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
The fact that the prophet says “biting the heel of the horse” signifies that Christ will test those who announce the way of the truth and salvation. So he also tested the apostles, cheated Judas and took hold of him; he took hold of him as of a horse and threw the rider who was on it to death.
