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When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.`
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A Joy Meant to Be Shared
Commentators emphasize that the woman's joy was so great upon finding the lost coin that she immediately called her community to celebrate with her. This is not a private joy of possession, but a public, shared joy of recovery. This mirrors the heavenly reality: the repentance of one sinner is not a quiet event but a cause for communal celebration among the angels and God himself.
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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…
Her friends and neighbours (τας φιλας κα γειτονας). Note single article and female friends (feminine article and φιλας). Hεως ου ε…
19th Century
Baptist
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she…
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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
And when she has found it, she calleth her friends(See Gill on Luke 15:6) A parable somewhat like to this, …
The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as having departed fro…
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