Topic
Jannes
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Timothy 3:8Easton · Smith · Nave An Egyptian magician
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
- Exodus 7:9–13Smith
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. ¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had…
- Exodus 7:11Nave An Egyptian magician
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
- 2 Timothy 3:9Smith
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
One of the Egyptians who “withstood Moses” (2 Tim. 3:8).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.