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Luke 15:8 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Luke 15:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 15 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
“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 find it? pieces: drachma, here translated a piece of silver, is the eighth part of an ounce, which cometh to seven pence halfpenny, and is equal to the Roman penny”
Luke 15:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 15:8
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 (ἢ τίς γυνὴ δραχμὰς ἔχουσα δέκα, ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃ δραχμὴν μίαν, ē tis gynē drachmas echousa deka, ean apolesē drachmēn mian)—Jesus shifts to a feminine image, showing God's pursuing love through domestic life. The drachmē (δραχμή) was a silver coin worth a day's wages. Ten coins likely represented her life savings or bridal dowry worn as a headpiece.The woman lights a lamp (ἅπτει λύχνον, haptei lychnon) because Palestinian peasant homes had small windows; sweeps (σ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 15:8
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“so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.”
“which are not of this fold.{Isaiah 56:8} I must bring them also”
“but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.”
“And came and preached peace to you which were afar off”