Tertullian On Idolatry So, too, that other species of magic which operates by miracles, emulous even in opposition to Moses,[54] Origen Against Celsus Book IV , he quotes also a narrative regarding Jesus-without, however, mentioning His name-and gives it an allegorical signification, whether successfully or the reverse I may state on another occasion. He relates also the account respecting Moses, and Jannes, and Jambres.[242] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes And yet beyond that he shall proceed no further; for his folly shall be made manifest to all men, as was the case with Jamnes and Mambres.[381] For, every object that withstands, withstands not itself, but some other one, either better or worse; as Paul also gives us to understand when he writes in the following terms in his second Epistle to Timothy: "As Jamnes and Mambres withstood Moses, so have these also resisted the truth: men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly is manifest unto all men, as theirs also was."[551] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII The one was resisted by Jannes and Jambres, the other by Annas and Caiaphas.[12] Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate And there were there Jannes and Jambres, servants of Pharaoh, and they also did not a few of the miracles which Moses did; and the Egyptians took them to be gods-this Jannes and this Jambres.[22] Pope Anterus The Epistle not lawful, and what is not lawful is lawful. Even as Jannes and Mambres[6]