Luke 22:5

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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Luk 22:5. Ἐχάρησαν, they were glad) as at a thing which they had desired, though not expected.—συνέθεντο) they covenanted.

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Luk 22:5 . ἐχάρησαν , they were glad , emphatically; and how piously they would remark on the providential character of this unexpected means of getting out of the difficulty as to the πῶς !

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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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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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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.

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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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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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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They were glad

"The chief priests and captains were glad"

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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5. ἐχάρησαν. This spontaneous offer—and that too from one of Christ’s immediate followers—seemed to solve all their difficulties.

συνέθεντο. ‘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[379]). This was perhaps done at a second meeting when the actual plan was ripened.

[379] LXX. Septuagint.

ἀργύριον δοῦναι. 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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5. ἐχάρησαν. It was wholly unexpected, and it simplified at matters enormously.

συνέθεντο. Act 23:20; Joh 9:22; and quite classical. Mk. has ἐπηγγείλαντο. The ἔστησαν of Mt. refers to the actual paying of the money. He alone states the amount,—thirty shekels.

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