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Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma, wouldn`t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
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The King's Image on the Coin
Commentators explain that the lost coin symbolizes a human soul. Just as a coin is valuable because it bears the image and inscription of the king, each person is precious to God because they are made in His image. Though a soul may be lost, passive, and covered in the 'dust' of the world, it never loses the imprint of its Creator, making it an object of God's diligent search.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ten pieces of silver. In the original, ten drachmas. The drachma was about the value of fifteen cents, and consequently the whole…
Ten pieces of silver (δραχμας δεκα). The only instance in the N.T. of this old word for a coin of 65.5 grains about the value of t…
19th Century
Anglican
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver.—The main lesson of the parable that begins this way is, of course, identic…
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Baptist
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till sh…
This parable is clearly linked to the preceding one. The “coins” are “drachmas,” each worth about a day’s wages (see NIV note). The mention of ten …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver Or "drachmas": a "drachma" was the fourth part of a shekel, and of th…
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