Luke 22:5

And they joyed, and made (a) covenant to give him money. (And they rejoiced, and made a contract to give him money.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

In Context

4And he went, and spake with the princes of (the) priests, (or And he went, and spoke with the high priests), and with the magistrates, how he should betray him to them.

6And he promised, and he sought opportunity, to betray him, without the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:15and said to them, What will ye give to me, and I shall betake him to you? (or What will ye give to me, if I shall deliver him, or shall betray him, to you?) And they ordained to him thirty pieces of silver.

Acts 1:18And this Judas had a field of the hire of wickedness, and he was hanged, and burst apart the middle, and all his entrails were shed abroad. (And this Judas bought a field with his wicked wages, and he hanged himself, and fell to the ground, and burst open his middle, and all his bowels, or all his innards, were poured out.)

1 Timothy 6:9For they that will be made rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable desires and noxious, which drench men (down) into death and perdition. (For those who will be made rich, fall into testing, and into the Devil’s snare, and into many unprofitable and harmful desires, which drown men down into death and destruction.)

2 Peter 2:15that forsake the right way, and erred, (pur)suing the way of Balaam of Bosor, which loved the hire of wickedness. (who forsake the right way, and erred, following the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages, or the recompense, for doing wickedness.)

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 →

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