Lukas 15:9

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling

En als zij hem gevonden heeft, roept zij hare vriendinnen en geburinnen, en zegt: Verblijdt u met mij, want ik heb mijnen penning gevonden, dien ik verloren had!

Parallel Translations

Staten Vertaling
En als zij dien gevonden heeft, roept zij de vriendinnen en de geburinnen samen, zeggende: Weest blijde met mij; want ik heb den penning gevonden, dien ik verloren had.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
En heeft zij het gevonden, dan roept zij vriendinnen en buren samen en zegt: Weest blijde met mij; want ik heb het muntstuk dat ik verloren had gevonden!

Bible Verse Review
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Rejoice: Luke 15:6, Luke 15:7

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 5:1 - friends Micah 7:18 - he delighteth Luke 10:21 - Jesus Luke 15:24 - they John 15:11 - my

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends,....

:- a parable somewhat like to this, the Jews x have on those words in Proverbs 2:4 "If thou seekest her as silver", c.

"it is like to a man that has lost a "shekel", (a piece of money,) or beryl rings, within his house he lights up many lamps and many candles, until he lights on them; and lo, these things much more: for if a man for the things of the temporary life of this world, lights many lamps and candles, until he lights upon them and finds them; the words of the law, since they are the life of this world, and the life of the world to come, shouldest thou not search after them as for hidden treasure?''

x Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 1. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 small, but it was all she had. The loss of one piece, therefore, was severely felt.

There is joy in the presence ... - Jesus in this parable expresses the same sentiment which he did in the preceding. A woman would have more immediate, present, joy at finding a lost piece, than she would in the possession of those which had not been lost. “So,” says Christ, there is joy among the angels at the recovery of a single sinner.