Betrayed for 30 Pieces of Silver

Details

Category: Messianic
Status: fulfilled

The Prophecy

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter.

Source

A¹²nd I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

¹³ And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Fulfillment

Judas covenanted with the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus.

Fulfilled In

Matthew 26:14-16

T¹⁴hen 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.

Prophecy Journey

Prophecy Given Zechariah 11:12-13

Fulfilled Matthew 26:14-16

Did You Know?

Zechariah 11:12-13 gives the exact price of 30 pieces of silver for the Messiah's betrayal. the price of a slave in Exodus 21:32.

Judas later threw the silver into the temple, fulfilling the second half of the prophecy when the money was used to buy the potter's field.

This is one of the most precise price-specific prophecies in Scripture, showing God's detailed foreknowledge of the events of the Passion.