Luke 8:3

Joanna. Nothing is known of this woman aside from what is mentioned here and in ch. 24:10, where her name again appears with that of Mary Magdalene. Being the wife of Herod’s steward, she must have been a person of wealth and influence.

Chuza. Nothing further is known of this man. A steward held a position of no mean importance in the household he served (see on Matt. 20:8).

Susanna. The name means “lily.” Nothing further is known of this woman. The Hebrews occasionally named their daughters after the names of flowers and trees.

Unto him. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the reading “unto them,” thus including the disciples, particularly the Twelve (v. 1), as well as Jesus.

Their substance. That is, “the things belonging to them.” Jesus and His disciples had resort to a common purse (see on John 13:29; cf. ch. 12:6), and it would seem that these women disciples assisted in keeping the purse from running empty. It may well be said that this group of devout women constituted the first women’s missionary society of the Christian church.