Bible Person
Meaning: grace or gift of the Lord · Female · 2 cross references
Joanna is one of the women who supported Jesus' ministry and later witnessed the resurrection message. She belongs to the faithful circle of women whose presence is integral to the Gospel story. First appears in Luke 8:3.1
AI summary: Joanna matters because the cross references present her both as a generous supporter of Jesus' public ministry and as one of the women present in the resurrection narratives. Her place shows that the mission of Jesus was sustained not only by the Twelve but also by committed women of means and courage. Taken together, the material presents Joanna as a faithful disciple whose support and witness deepen the human texture of the Gospel story.1
Central Figure
Joanna
Meaning: grace or gift of the Lord
The wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee (Luke 8:3).
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.