Joanna is a woman mentioned in the
gospels who was healed by
Jesus and later supported him and his disciples in their travels, one of the women recorded in the
Gospel of Luke as accompanying Jesus and the
twelve. She was the wife of Chuza, who managed the household of
Herod Antipas, the king of
Galilee. Her name means "
Yahweh has been gracious", a variation of the name "
Anna" which means "grace" or "favor".