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Susanna

Woman living at the time of the New Testament

Susanna was one of the women who provided for Jesus out of her resources.

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Susanna is mentioned in Luk.8.3 as one of the women who accompanied Jesus and the twelve disciples and helped support them out of her own resources. She is listed along with Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and many other women. This suggests Susanna was a woman of some means who generously contributed to the material needs of Jesus' ministry.

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Part of: Bethany and the Women Around Jesus

The women who funded Jesus' travels

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Luke says Mary called Magdalene, Joanna wife of Chuza, Susanna and many others accompanied Jesus and provided for them out of their means. Mary Magdalene had been delivered from seven demons.

Mary MagdaleneFollower of Jesus, first witness of His resurrection.JoannaA follower of Jesus who supported His ministrySusannaWoman who helped support Jesus and his disciplesChuzaHerod's steward, whose wife Joanna supported Jesus
Where the text shows it: Luke 8:1-3 — Women who provided for them

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Bible dictionary

Susanna Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Lily, with other pious women, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:3).

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Susanna Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(a lily).

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Susanna Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

lily; rose; joy

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Susanna Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

SUSAN'NA (lily), one of the women who ministered to Jesus. Luke 8:3.

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Susanna Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

SUSAN'NA (lily), one of the women who ministered to Jesus. Luke 8:3.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Susanna appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s G4677

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.