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<p> <b> [[Joanna]] </b> <b> ( </b> Ἰωάννα, Tisch. and Revisers’ Text; but Ἰωάνα, WH [Note: H Westcott and Hort’s text.] and Nestle; from Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] יוֹחָנָא, Heb. יוֹחָנִה).—The wife of Chuza, the ‘steward’ of Herod Antipas. In &nbsp;Luke 8:1-3 she appears as one of certain women who had been healed, and in gratitude ministered to Jesus and His disciples. The passage reads as though she had herself derived physical benefit from Jesus; but it is possible, as Godet suggests <i> in loc </i> ., that the ‘nobleman’ or king’s officer of &nbsp;John 4:46-53 was Chuza. If so, Joanna may have been led to attach herself to Christ through the restoration of her son’s health, or even of his life if the Johannine narrative is to be identified with &nbsp;Matthew 8:5-13 and &nbsp;Luke 7:1-10. The latter identification, as early as [[Irenaeus]] ( <i> adv. Haer </i> . ii. 33), and not without distinguished support (Wetstein, Ewald, de Wette, Baur), is attractive but precarious. Joanna is mentioned again in &nbsp;Luke 24:10 as one of the women who went to the sepulchre to embalm the body of Jesus. She is almost certainly the same person as in &nbsp;Luke 8:3, though her husband’s name does not occur in the later passage. There is no need to explain the omission by a suggestion that he was dead, or had become obscure through dismissal from his office by [[Antipas]] because of the relations of his household with Jesus. The [[Evangelist]] had already sufficiently marked the identity of Joanna, who through her own devotion would be well known to the disciples. See also Chuza. </p> <p> R. W. Moss. </p>

<li> The wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of [[Galilee]] (&nbsp;Luke 8:3 ). She was one of the women who ministered to our Lord, and to whom he appeared after his resurrection (&nbsp;Luke 8:3; &nbsp;24:10 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Joanna'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/joanna.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Joanna]] </p> <p> the name of a man (prop. Joannas) and also of a woman in the New Testament. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Ι᾿ωαννᾶς, probably. i.q. Ι᾿ωάννης, JOHN.) The (great) grandson of Zerubbabel, in the lineage of Christ (&nbsp;Luke 3:27); probably the same called [[Arnan]] in the Old [[Testament]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:21. See Strong's ''Harm. And Expos. Of The Gospels'' , p. 16, 17). B.C. considerably post 536. (See [[Genealogy]] Of Christ). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Ι᾿ωάννα, prob. femin. of Ιωάννης, ''John.'' ) The wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee (&nbsp;Luke 8:3). She was one of those women who followed Christ, and ministered to the wants of him and his disciples out of their abundance. They had all been cured of grievous diseases by the Savior, or had received material benefits from him; and the customs of the country allowed them to testify in this way their gratitude and devotedness without reproach. It is usually supposed that Joanna was at this time a widow. She was one of the females to whom Christ appeared after his resurrection (&nbsp;Luke 24:10). A.D. 27-29. </p>