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> And buying a traitor always costs a lot of money. Even Judas got 30 pieces of silver.

30 silver pieces actually wasn’t much money. These are commonly thought to refer to a silver shekel. If so, it’d be 30x11.4g or 342g of silver total, about $164 at today’s prices.

30 shekels was also the price of a slave according to Exodus 21:32. So, the fact that the Pharisees paid Judas only the price of a slave shows their immense disrespect for the Christ.




Umm ... that slave price was not adjusted for inflation




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