Matthew 27:9

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Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:“They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

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  • Zech 11:12-13 : 12 Then I said to them,“If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment– thirty pieces of silver. 13 The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.
  • Matt 1:22 : 22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
  • Exod 21:32 : 32 If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
  • Lev 27:2-7 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD, 3 the conversion value of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old is fifty shekels by the standard of the sanctuary shekel. 4 If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels. 5 If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver, and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver. 7 If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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    11 So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that it was the LORD’s message.

    12 Then I said to them,“If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment– thirty pieces of silver.

    13 The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.

  • 10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”

  • Matt 27:2-8
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    2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

    3 Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

    4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

    5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

    6 The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

    7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

    8 For this reason that field has been called the“Field of Blood” to this day.

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    14 The Plan to Betray Jesus Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15 and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

    16 From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • 17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

  • Luke 22:4-5
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    4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

    5 They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

  • 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

  • 35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

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    10 The Plan to Betray Jesus Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

    11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

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    18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

    19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)

  • 5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

  • 9 So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out seven ounces of silver and gave it to him to pay for it.

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    36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”

    37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”

  • 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

  • 28 So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

  • 24 So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.

  • 17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • 12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

  • 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

  • 16 “Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–

  • 5 For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces.

  • 11 Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said,“This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears.”

  • 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.

  • 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

  • 3 For this is what the LORD says:“You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”

  • 29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

  • 8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

  • 44 (Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)

  • 4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.

  • 37 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me,‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me is being fulfilled.”

  • 18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

  • 33 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

  • 18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)