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Matthew 26:14–16

Thirty pieces to hand him over

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Matthew 26:14–16

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26:14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the leaders of the priests

26:15and he said to them, “What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?” So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him

26:16And from then on, he sought an opportunity to betray him

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Zechariah 11:12–13 - The rejected shepherd's wages

Zechariah's rejected shepherd is valued at thirty pieces of silver. Judas asks what the priests will pay to hand Jesus over, and Matthew alone gives the same amount. Matthew 27 then returns the silver to the Temple and names the sequence as fulfillment.

source checked332 yearsA post-exilic shepherd oracle supplies the exact price in Matthew's Passion narrative more than three centuries later.
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  • scripture

    Zech 11:12-13

  • scripture

    Matt 26:14-16; 27:3-10

  • catechism

    Catholic Church, Catechism of the Catholic Church

    CCC 601

    Vatican English edition

    The Catechism places the Passion within the scriptural plan of salvation. It does not expound the thirty-piece correspondence.

  • catechism

    Catholic Church, Catechism of the Catholic Church

    CCC 1851

    Vatican English edition

    The Catechism names Judas's betrayal among the forms of sin manifested in the Passion.

  • commentary

    United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, New American Bible, Revised Edition

    Matthew 26:15, note

    USCCB online Bible and notes

  • church father

    Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures

    Catechetical Lecture 13, sections 10-11

    Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, vol. 7 (New Advent)

    Cyril explicitly compares Judas's thirty-piece payment with Zechariah's shepherd oracle.

Editorial questions

  • Accepted with qualification · interpretive dispute

    Matthew 27 attributes the fulfillment citation to Jeremiah even though the thirty pieces and Temple action most directly reproduce Zechariah 11:12-13.

    Editorial response: The link records Zechariah as the direct source of the amount while the companion Jeremiah links preserve Matthew's composite field, potter, blood, and burial imagery.