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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 15:8-10

Luke 15:8-10 . Either what woman As if he had said, To illustrate the matter by another obvious similitude, that it may yet more powerfully strike your minds, what woman, having ten pieces of silver Though each of them but of the value of a drachma; or about seven pence halfpenny, and the whole only about six shillings three pence sterling money: if she lose one piece Out of her little stock; doth not light a candle, &c. Will not immediately make search for it, and take all... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 15:1-32

102. Lost sheep; lost coin; lost son (Luke 15:1-32)Jesus told these three short stories to answer the scribes and Pharisees, who had complained that he mixed with tax collectors and other low class people. The more respectable Jews considered such people unworthy of God’s blessings. They were angry that Jesus showed interest in them and that many of them responded to his message (Luke 15:1-2).The stories of the lost sheep and the lost coin show that God does more than welcome sinners; he... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:9

friends . Female friends (feminine) the piece. Not "my", as in Luke 15:6 . I had lost = I lost. Compare "was lost" in Luke 15:6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:10

is = becomes, or takes place, or results. Same as "arose" in Luke 15:14 . in the presence of = before. It does not say that the angels rejoice; but it is the divine joy in their presence. God . App-98 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:9

Luke 15:9. She calleth her friends, &c.— Her female friends, —τας φιλας . It might seem hardly worth while to ask the congratulation of her friends on so small an occasion as finding a drachma; (for that is the piece of coin here mentioned, in value not above nine-pence;) but it is represented as the tenth part of her little stock; and the impressible and social temper of the sex may perhaps be thought of, as adding some propriety to the representation. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:10

10. Likewise—on the same principle. joy, c.—Note carefully the language here—not "joy on the part," but "joy in the presence of the angels of God." True to the idea of the parables. The Great Shepherd. The Great Owner Himself, is He whose the joy properly is over His own recovered property but so vast and exuberant is it ( :-), that as if He could not keep it to Himself, He "calleth His friends and neighbors together"—His whole celestial family—saying, "Rejoice WITH ME, for I have found My... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 15:8-10

3. The parable of the lost coin 15:8-10Jesus’ repetition of the same point in another similar parable shows the importance of the lesson He wanted His hearers to learn.Again Jesus’ concern for women comes out in this illustration with which His female listeners could identify. The silver coins in view would have been Greek drachmas, the equivalent of Roman denarii, each worth about a day’s wage. They may have been part of the dowry or the savings that some Palestinian women wore around their... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

Parables of the Lost Sheep, of them Lost Coin, of the Prodigal Son1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12-13. The first of a series of three parables for the encouragement of penitents. It shows the love of our Saviour for the outcast, the despised, and the criminal classes generally. It rebukes the Pharisees, who professed to be shepherds, for their neglect of that part of the flock that most needed their help, and lastly it indicates that the Pharisees are in many respects worse... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 15:1-32

The Approachableness of Christ Luke 15:1-2 This truth of the approachableness of Christ, the freeness with which He opened Himself to every needy and suffering soul, is not of subordinate importance, but of the very essence of His Gospel. It rests on the constitution of His Person. It is necessitated by the very fact of His being what He is, the man Christ Jesus, and by His having come to do what He declared to be the object of His mission. I. First of all, it rests upon the fact of His... read more

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