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Joanna is a fictional character in The Lost Wisdom of the Magi [14] In the third season of the 2017 television series The Chosen Joanna is portrayed by Amy Bailey. [15] She is deeply moved by the Sermon on the Mount and helps Andrew meet the imprisoned John the Baptizer. In the fourth season she announces John's execution to the other disciples.
John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī Yaḥyā ...
The Hebrew name was adopted as Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) in Biblical Greek as the name of both John the Baptist and John the Apostle. In the Latin Vulgate this was originally adopted as Iohannes (or Johannes – in Latin, J is the same letter as I). The presence of an h, not found in the Greek adaptation, shows awareness of the Hebrew origin.
The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is ...
Domenico Ghirlandaio's fresco Zechariah Writes Down the Name of His Son (1490, fresco in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence) The child grew up and "waxed strong in spirit", but remained in the deserts of Judæa until he assumed the ministry that was to earn him the name "John the Baptist" (Luke 1:80; 3:2–3; Matthew 3:1).
The gospels also suggest that he was the husband of Salome; whereas Mark 15:40 names the women present at the crucifixion as "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and Salome," the parallel passage in Matthew 27:56 has "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children."
Messenger to John the Baptist, bringer of manda (knowledge or gnosis) to Earth Marfeil: Mandaeism Uthra Appointed by Yawar Ziwa over the east to watch over Ur: Marut: Islam: Angel Sorcery Mastema: Christianity, Judaism: Naphil, angel Disasters Matriel: Ancient Canaanite religion, Judaism, Orthodox Islam, Orthodox Christians
And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. ( Luke 8:3 ) Holy Myrrhbearer traditions