John Trapp on 2 Timothy 3:8
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2 Timothy3:8
Verſe 8. Now as Iannes and Iambres] Numenius the Pythagorean calleth him Mambres. Theſe were thoſe Aegyptian ſorcerers: their names S. Paul had either by tradition, or out of ſome Jewiſh records.Tract Menachoth, cap 9. Apuleius in his ſecond Apology, mentioneth one Ioa[illegible: 1 letter]nes among the chief Magicians. The Babylonian Thalmud alſo maketh mention of theſe two by name, as chief of the Sorcerers of Aegypt.
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