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and said, "What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
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The Price of Contempt
Commentators universally highlight that 'thirty pieces of silver' was not a random sum. It was the price stipulated in the Old Testament (Exodus 21:32) for a slave killed by an ox. This specific amount demonstrates the profound contempt both Judas and the chief priests held for Jesus, valuing him at the lowest legal price. This act also fulfilled the prophecy in Zechariah 11:12.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they covenanted with him. They made a bargain with him and agreed to give him the money. Mark says they promised to give him …
What are ye willing to give me? (τ θελετε μο δουναι?) This "brings out the chaffering aspect of the transaction" (Vincent).…
19th Century
Anglican
They made an agreement with him for thirty pieces of silver—The reward was a relatively small one, apparently about the market pri…
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Baptist
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him un…
In Judas’s view Jesus was acting less and less regal and more and more like a defeatist on his way to death. Judas may also have been smarting from…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said [unto them] Though the words, "to them", are not in the original text, they are rightly supplied; as they a…
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There were only twelve called apostles, and one of them was like a devil; surely we must never expect any society to be quite pure on this side of …
13th Century
Catholic
The Evangelist, having related the preparatory events for the Passion, here begins to discuss Christ’s Passion, which is divided into two parts. Fi…
