15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins 1 and loses 2 one of them, 3 does not light a lamp, sweep 4 the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
1 sn This silver coin is a drachma, equal to a denarius, that is, a day’s pay for the average laborer.
2 tn Grk “What woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses.” The initial participle ἔχουσα (ecousa) has been translated as a finite verb parallel to ἀπολέσῃ (apolesh) in the conditional clause to improve the English style.
3 tn Grk “one coin.”
4 tn Grk “and sweep,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.