and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. The wife of Chusa, Herod’s steward. Lit. his procurator, as in the Rheims translation. The Greek signifies one that provides for another, or manages his concerns. The same word is used, Matthew 20:8 and Galatians 4:2. Witham.—The Greek word is επιτροπου. It was the custom of the Jews, says S. Jerom, that pious women should minister of their substance, meat, drink, and clothing, to their teachers going about with them. But as this might have given cause of scandal among the Gentiles, Saint Paul mentions that he allowed it not. 1 Corinthians 9:5. 12. They thus ministered to our Lord and his apostles of their worldly substance, from whom they received spiritual riches.
TR reads “him” instead of “them”