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2Ti 3:8. Ἰαννῆς καὶ Ἰαμβρῆς, Jannes and Jambres) Euseb., 2Ti 1:9, Præp. Evang., quotes the following passage from Numemius: “Jannes and Jambres, understood to be Egyptian sacred scribes (ἱερογραμματεῖς, a lower order of priests in Egypt), men of no small skill in magical operations, at the time when the Jews were driven out of the land of Egypt,” etc. Jannes and Jambres were names very well known in Paul’s time; for they were very often mentioned in the ancient books of the Hebrews, as two of the principal magicians among the Egyptians. The very acute Hillerus, according to the Abyssinian language, interprets Jannes, a jester or trickster, and Jambres, a juggler; for he is of opinion, that the appellatives were changed into proper names in the lapse of time.-Onom. S., p. 671, 843. Certainly, if they were entirely proper names, we may believe that they were formerly μέσα (terms intermediate between appellatives and proper names), which indicated the profession of the art itself (as well as the person); comp. Act 13:8.-ἀντέστησαν Μωσῇ, withstood Moses) by rivalling to some extent his wonders.-ἀνθίστανται, resist) The opposite is, shall suffer persecution, 2Ti 3:12.-ἁδοκίμοι) reprobate, having no power to approve: comp. Rom 1:28.