Andreas of Caesarea, on Rev 12:4

“And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.”

“The apostate always arms himself against the church, desiring to make those food for himself who are being born anew from her. Rather, through the church he persecutes Christ himself, since he is [the church's] head, and he makes his own what belongs to the faithful. And therefore [Christ] said to Saul, "Why are you persecuting me?"”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.