Discovery BoxLuke 7:8 
Context7:8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. 1 I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, 2 and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 3
Luke 15:8
Context15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins 4 and loses 5 one of them, 6 does not light a lamp, sweep 7 the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
1 tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”
2 sn I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.
3 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
4 sn This silver coin is a drachma, equal to a denarius, that is, a day’s pay for the average laborer.
5 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.
6 tn Grk “one coin.”
7 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.
