Luke 15:8-9

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 15:8

Either . This parable is recorded only in Luke. woman. Here representing the Holy Spirit. ten . See the Structures of Luke 15:2 in the Luke book comments. pieces of silver. Greek drachmas. Occurs only here, and in Luke 15:9 . See App-51 . if she lose. An uncertain contingency. App-118 . not . Greek. ouchi. App-105 . candle = lamp. App-130 . diligently . A medical word. Used only here. till . Same as "until" in Luke 15:4 . 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver; if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost. Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COINANALOGIES IN THE PARABLEThe woman = the church throughout all the... 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 15:8

8. sweep the house—"not done without dust on man's part" [BENGEL]. 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 15:8

(8) Either what woman having ten pieces of silver.—The main lesson of the parable that thus opens is, of course, identical with that of the Lost Sheep. We are justified, however, in assuming that the special features of each were meant to have a special meaning, and that we have therefore more than a mere ornamental variation of imagery. Looking to these points of difference we note (1) the use of the silver coin (the drachma) as a symbol of the human soul. Here the reason of the choice lies on... read more

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