J0anna- Priveleged Witness



25249Many people are unfamiliar with Joanna in the Bible. Joanna was married to Cuza, who oversaw the household of Herod Anitipas. Antipas was one of the sons of the King Herod.

At some point in Joanna’s life, Jesus cured her of an unspecified illness. Luke’s gospel mentions ‘evil spirits’ and ‘infirmities’, which means that Joanna’s illness could have been almost anything. The Roman world might not know about bacteria, but they sensed that illness could be caused by something malevolent from outside entering your body. When they suspected that this had occurred, or when they simply had no explanation for an illness, they called it an ‘evil spirit’.

Whatever it was Jesus cured it! She saw his power  first hand and needed no further convincing. She became a disciple, following him wherever he went.  Joanna and the other two women mentioned in Luke 8:1-3,  Mary Magdalene and Susanna, did everything they could to help him

Luke 8:1-3

Like Mary Magdalene, Joanna stayed with Jesus to the very end! Luke names her as one of the three women who visited the tomb early on one…finding it empty!

Luke 24:1-12

Think about it for a minute…….These ladies are telling the Eleven and some others what the angels had just told them to be true of Jesus and what had happened to His body, but the men did not believe them.

The Eleven did not believe them.

The Eleven who had been with Jesus all throughout His ministry.

The Eleven that knew Him personally.

The Eleven that loved Him.



Joanna had  complete confidence in Jesus. Being married to the manager of Herod’s household, Joanna was a woman very familiar with power. But she knew that the power she had been surrounded by in her wealthy lifestyle in Herod’s court was nothing like the power she had found in Jesus.


God honored her faithfulness by letting her be one of the first witnesses to the Resurrection….and she was one of the first to bring the news to others!

Are you one of the first to talk about the goodness of God??

Be faithful to God, even when others make think it nonsense or not true. Don’t allow the world to sway you into doubt and unbelief. God rewards his faithful followers!



Excerpts taken from In My Life

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