Gen 3:15:
he shall: The Hebrew would
be read individually (“he shall” or collectively (“they shall”). The earliest
known Jewish interpretation of this (Gk. autos, “he” in the Greek LXX). (The
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, ed. Scott Hahn and Curtis J. Mitch [San
Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2024], 63)
Rom 16:20:
crush Satan under your feet:
Paul desires the Roman Christians to understand the true difference between “good”
and “evil” (16:19) and so share in Christ’s victory over the devil (! Jn 1:8).
Paul is alluding to the first biblical prophecy, Gen 3:15, which promises that
a Redeemer will trample the satanic serpent underfoot. Paul extends the
prophecy about the Messiah to the entire messianic people. (The Ignatius
Catholic Study Bible, ed. Scott Hahn and Curtis J. Mitch [San Francisco:
Ignatius Press, 2024], 2018)
