Bible Person

Jannes

Male · 1 cross reference

Jannes is one of the traditional names attached to those who oppose Moses in Egypt. He belongs to the New Testament's use of remembered adversarial figures to warn about resistance to truth. First appears in 2 Tim 3:8.1

AI summary: Jannes matters because his single cross reference gives a personal name to the pattern of stubborn spiritual opposition Paul warns Timothy about. The entry connects present false resistance in the church with an older memory of resisting God's servant. Taken together, the material presents Jannes as a cautionary figure representing opposition to divine truth.1

Central Figure

Jannes

One of the Egyptians who “withstood Moses” (2 Tim.