In this parable of the lost coin, Jesus describes a coin that has gone missing. The woman who owns the coin, worth about a day's wages, has nine more, but that ...

The discovery of the lost coin represents how one sinner repents of his sinful life and is brought back into relational harmony with God.

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?

A "drachma" was the fourth part of a shekel, and of the same value with a Roman penny; and was worth of our money, seven pence half penny.

11 сент. 2023 г. · This passage is the second of three stories that Jesus told about the joy of recovering something or someone that is lost.

Luke 15:8-10 (NIV) Of our verses for today Matthew Henry states: “That which is lost is a piece of silver. The soul is silver, of intrinsic worth and value; ...

These are parables of lost things and they grew out of an incident when the Lord was surrounded by a crowd made up of loan sharks, hippies, and radicals.

All believers were once lost sinners in need of salvation. · Everyone of the yet to believe elect is precious to God · Repentance is a key element of salvation ...

(1.) The repentance and conversion of sinners on earth are matter of joy and rejoicing in heaven. It is possible that the greatest sinners may be brought to ...

19 июн. 2014 г. · Verses 1-3 tell us that this parable is a part of Jesus' response to the complaints of the scribes and Pharisees about His interaction with tax ...