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Joanna is identified as "the wife of Chuza", steward to Herod Antipas, when she is listed as one of the women "cured of evil spirits and infirmities" who accompanied Jesus and the Apostles, and "provided for Him from their substance" in Luke 8:2–3 .
- June 27 (Orthodox and Eastern Catholic), also, on 'Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers', the 3rd Sunday of Pascha (Orthodox and Eastern Catholic), May 24 (Roman Catholic), August 3 (Lutheran)
Joanna was an upper-class Jewish woman in 1st century Palestine. She married Chuza, an influential member of the staff of Herod Antipas, the Roman-appointed ruler of Galilee. She knew Jesus at least as well as any of the apostles did, and was committed to his mission.
3. Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward—If the steward of such a godless, cruel, and licentious wretch as Herod Antipas (see on [1595]Mr 6:14, &c.) differed greatly from himself, his post would be no easy or enviable one. That he was a disciple of Christ is very improbable, though he might be favorably disposed towards Him.
I am aware that there's a supposition floating around that it is Joanna who shows up in Latin as Junia in Romans 16:7, with the implication that she had divorced Chuza, married Andronicus, and moved to Rome.
- Luke 8:3 says that Joanna was the wife of Chuza Herod’s "epitropos" . Another text may shed further light on this. In John 4:46ff we read that: 46...
- There is the possibility that Joanna may be one of Jesus' sisters. Her presence in the tomb scene allows us to infer this. Only family members coul...
- Question Restatement: How did Joanna support Jesus' ministry. Are there cultural indicators, contexts, that show what she may have done? Limiting...
- Joanna used her own money, not her husbands’, to fund Jesus’ ministry. She was an upper class woman, with her own financial resources. Joanna was a...
- “Chuza, Joanna's Husband, was Herod's "Steward", and had access to considerable resources, his own, and Herod's.” Chuza would have been painfully e...
- Chuza was not a mere butler or steward. He seems to have been like a prime minister or "Second in Command". Also Herod did not hate Jesus. On the c...
- Looks like by the first century some of the most strict Moses laws of social living were already being relaxed. This explain Joanne's relationship...
- This is a fascinating question Susan and one which I have puzzled over. There are other links between Jesus' group and well known Judeans. John (as...
Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an officer in Herod's court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples. International Standard Version. Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others.
Which Thing Whoso Thinks Cannot have Been done by the Apostles... ... of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who is called Magdalene, out of whom seven. devils had gone forth, and Joanna wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna ...
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him [fn] from their substance. Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s business manager; Susanna; and many others who were contributing from their own resources to support Jesus and his disciples.
