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1 | HOW MUCH IS 30 SILVER COINS WORTH? | Zech 11:13 | DISIPLEME | 169500 | ||
(REFERING TO THE BOOK OF MATTHEW WHEN JUDUS WAS PAID TO TURN IN JESUS) HOW MUCH IS 30 SILVER COINS WORTH? | ||||||
2 | HOW MUCH IS 30 SILVER COINS WORTH? | Zech 11:13 | Emmaus | 169501 | ||
Discipleme, " Thirty pieces of silver: the price of the betrayal is found only in Matthew. It is derived from Zechariah 11:12 where it is the wages paid to the rejected shepherd, a cheap price (Zechariah 11:13). That amount is also the compensation paid to one whose slave has been gored by an ox (Exodus 21:32)." From the NAB footnotes on Matthew 26:15 Emmaus |
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3 | HOW MUCH IS 30 SILVER COINS WORTH? | Zech 11:13 | Mangudai | 169860 | ||
Going by old testament references is probably a mistake. Entirely different coins were in use in the two time periods. Judas was almost certainly paid in Roman denarii, bearing Caeser's portrait. Mark 6:37 says it would cost 200 denarii to buy bread for 5000 people. |
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4 | HOW MUCH IS 30 SILVER COINS WORTH? | Zech 11:13 | Emmaus | 169863 | ||
Since it was the chief priest of the Temple who paid Judas the 30 pieces of silver, it is more likely they used the Temple coins. I believe that the 30 pieces reference was intended by Matthew to bring to mind the prophecy of Zechariah. Matthew is full of this kind of allusions to Old Testament passages. | ||||||
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