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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Joanna
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1. Son of Rhesa (). (See HANANIAH, 7.)
2. Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She ministered from her substance to Jesus. It is a coincidence obviously undesigned, therefore confirming the truth of the Gospel history, that Herod therein is recorded as having "said to his servants, This is John the Baptist" (). She being our Lord's disciple He would be naturally often spoken of among Herod's servants, and to them Herod would speak concerning Him, Manaen, Herod's foster brother, was a church teacher subsequently (). Joanna was also one of the women who brought spices early to the Lord's tomb ().