They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
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They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
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And they were glad: and promysed to geve him money.
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So they were glad, and agreed to giue him money.
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Passages linked to Luke 22:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Zechariah 11:12-13 I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver. Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in Yahweh’s house.
- Matthew 26:15-16 and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
- Matthew 27:3-5 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.” He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
- Acts 1:18 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
- 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
- 2 Peter 2:15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
- Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give…
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
Ver. 5. And covenanted] Judas sold his salvation, and they bought their damnation, saith one. He made a match with mischief, and soon had enough of it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they were glad,.... For nothing could be more…
And they were glad,.... For nothing could be more opportune and agreeable to them, than that one of his disciples should meet them at this juncture, and offer to put him into their hands in the most private manner;
and covenanted to give him money. The Ethiopic version read, "thirty pieces of silver"; which was the sum they agreed to give him, and he accepted of; see Mat 26:15.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. They - covenanted to give him money.]…
Verse 5. They - covenanted to give him money.] Matthew says thirty pieces, or staters, of silver, about 4£. 10s. English, the common price of the meanest slave. See Clarke on Mt 26:15.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain money--"thirty pieces of silver" (Mat 26:15); thirty shekels, the…
money--"thirty pieces of silver" (Mat 26:15); thirty shekels, the fine payable for man- or maid-servant accidentally killed (Exo 21:32), and equal to between four and five pounds of our money--"a goodly price that I was priced at of them" (Zac 11:13). (See on Joh 19:16.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. they were glad] This spontaneous offer—and that too…
5. they were glad] This spontaneous offer—and that too from one of Christ’s immediate followers—seemed to solve all their difficulties.
covenanted] Or, ‘agreed;’ in St Mark, ‘promised’ In Mat_26:15 it is said that they ‘paid’ or ‘weighed’ him the money, with a reference to Zec_11:12-13 (LXX.). This was perhaps done at a second meeting when the actual plan was ripened.
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to give him money] The proposal came from the wretched man himself (Mat_26:15). The paltry sum given (which is mentioned by St Matthew only)-30 shekels, about £3. 16s., the price given for the meanest slave—shews that this sum was either regarded as earnest money, or more probably that the Priests felt themselves quite able to carry out their plot, though less conveniently, without any aid from Judas. On one side of these shekels would be stamped the olive-branch, the emblem of peace; on the obverse the censer, the type of prayer, with the inscription, “Jerusalem the Holy”!
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They were glad
They were glad
"The chief priests and captains were glad"
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to give him money
"to give Judas money"
He consented
"He agreed"
looked for an opportunity to deliver him to them away from the crowd
This is an ongoing action that continues after this part of the story ends. (See: End of Story)
deliver him
"take him"
away from the crowd
"privately" or "when there was no crowd around him"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:5 Judas wanted the money. John tells us that…
22:5 Judas wanted the money. John tells us that he was a thief who stole from the disciples’ common fund (John 12:6).
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