Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Timothy 3:8
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8. Now — Greek, "But"; it is no wonder there should be now such opponents to the truth, for their prototypes existed in ancient times [ALFORD]. Jannes . . . Jambres —traditional names of the Egyptian magicians who resisted Moses ( Exodus 7:11 ; Exodus 7:22 ), derived from "the unwritten teaching of the Jews" [THEODORET]. In a point so immaterial as the names, where Scripture had not recorded them, Paul takes the names which general opinion had assigned the magicians. EUSEBIUS [ Preparation of the Gospel ], quotes from NUMENIUS, "Jannes and Jambres were sacred scribes (a lower order of priests in Egypt) skilled in magic." HILLER interprets "Jannes" from the Abyssinian language a trickster, and "Jambres" a juggler " ( Exodus 7:22- : ). resist —"withstand," as before. They did so by trying to rival Moses' miracles. So the false teachers shall exhibit lying wonders in the last days ( Matthew 24:24 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ; Revelation 13:14 ; Revelation 13:15 ). reprobate — incapable of testing the truth ( Romans 1:28 ) [BENGEL]. ALFORD takes passively, "not abiding the test"; rejected on being tested ( Jeremiah 6:30 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"
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