Luke 22:5
And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
In Context
6And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude.
Cross References
Matthew 26:15And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 1:18And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out.
1 Timothy 6:9For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.
2 Peter 2:15Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:2-7
The Treachery of Judas. 1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. 3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the… Read the whole commentary →