Matthew 26:15
he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests,
16And from that time he sought a favorable opportunity so that he might betray him.
Cross References
Genesis 37:26And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Exodus 21:32If the ox gores a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in what his great strength lays, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him. And we will give thee every o
Judges 18:19And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
Zechariah 11:12And I said to them, If ye think good, give me my wage, and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wage thirty [pieces] of silver.
Acts 1:18(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:15-17
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Immediately after an instance of the greatness kindness done to Christ, follows an instance of the greatest unkindness; such mixture is there of good and bad among the followers of Christ; he hath some faithful… Read the whole commentary →