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Thirty pieces of silver
Judas agreed to hand Jesus over for thirty pieces of silver; Matthew connects the later purchase of a field with a prophecy. Matthew 26:14–16Matthew 27:3–10
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"'What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?' They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver." Matthew 26:14–16
Judas later threw the money into the temple; the chief priests bought the potter's field with it, which Matthew links with words from the prophets. Matthew 27:3–10Zechariah 11:12–13
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Matthew 26:14–16 WEB
14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you?” So they weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Matthew 27:3–10 WEB
3Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.” 5He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. 8Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day. 9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”