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An Ancient Rivalry
Commentators unanimously identify Jannes and Jambres as the chief Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses in Exodus 7. While their names are not in the Old Testament, scholars note they were well-known from Jewish tradition (the Targum of Jonathan) and even some non-biblical ancient sources. Paul uses this well-known story to frame the false teachers as direct, historical enemies of God's work.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 3:8
18th Century
Theologian
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses. The names of these two men are not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. They are supposed to have …
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 3:8
Like as (ον τροπον). "In which manner." Adverbial accusative and incorporation of the antecedent τροπον into the relative clause.<…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 3:8
19th Century
Bishop
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses.—To one brought up, like Timothy, by a pious Jewish mother, and who from a child knew th…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 3:8
Jannes and Jambres are not mentioned in the OT, but there was a Jewish tradition that they were two of the Egyptian magicians who withstood Moses a…
John Calvin
On 2 Timothy 3:8
16th Century
Theologian
And as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, this comparison confirms what I have already said about the “last times,” for he means that the …
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 3:8
17th Century
Pastor
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses
These were not Jews, who rose up and opposed Moses, as Dathan and Abiram d…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 3:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Even in gospel times there would be perilous times; because of persecution from without, and still more because of corruptions within. Men love to …