And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
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Gill's Exposition
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends,.... See Gill on Luk 15:6 a parable somewhat like to this, the Jews (x) have on those words in Pro 2:4 "If thou seekest her as silver", &c.
"it is…
Ten pieces of silver - In the original, ten “drachmas.” The drachma was about the value of fifteen cents, and consequently the whole sum was about a dollar and a half, or six shillings. The sum was…
Here is, I. The diligent attendance of the publicans and sinners upon Christ's ministry. Great multitudes of Jews went with him (Luk 14:25), with such an assurance of admission into the kingdom of God…
Cambridge Bible
I have found the piece which I had lost She does not say -my piece." If the woman be intended to represent the Church, the loss of the -piece" entrusted to her may be in part, at least, her own fault.