Betrayed for Thirty Pieces of Silver

Details

Category: Messianic
Status: fulfilled

The Prophecy

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

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 betrayed Jesus for exactly thirty pieces of silver.

Fulfilled In

Matthew 26:14-15

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.

Prophecy Journey

Prophecy Given Zechariah 11:12-13

Fulfilled Matthew 26:14-15

Did You Know?

30 pieces of silver was the exact price of a slave (Exodus 21:32). A deliberate insult to the Messiah's worth.

Zechariah says the silver would be thrown into the temple and used to buy a potter's field.

Judas fulfilled every detail: the precise amount, throwing it in the temple, and the field purchase.