John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:3
And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward ,.... Joanna, or Juchan, as the Syriac version calls her, was a name, among the Jews, for a woman, as Jochanan, or John, was for a man. In the Talmud F5 T. Bab. Sota, fol. 22. 1. we read of one Jochani, or Joanni, the daughter of Retibi, the same name with this. Her husband's name was Chuza. Dr. Lightfoot observes, from a Talmudic treatise F6 Massechet Sopherim, c. 13. sect. 6. , such a name in the genealogy of Haman, who is called... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:2
And certain women which had been healed of evil spirits ,.... Of devils, who had possessed them, and were healed by Christ, dispossessing them; See Gill on Luke 7:21 . and infirmities : various diseases of body: some were dispossessed of devils, and others freed from bodily disorders; of the first sort was Mary Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils : by the order of Christ, for he cast them out, Mark 16:9 and which shows, that this is to be understood, in a literal sense, of... read more