Tuesday, March 22, 2016

30 Pieces of Silver

30 pieces of silver  
The price paid to an owner of a slave gored by an ox.

If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty pieces of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death. Exodus 21:32

30 pieces of silver
The price paid to Zechariah for taking care of a flock of sheep.

I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay, but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.  Zechariah 11:12

30 pieces of silver
The price of a slave. God noticed.

And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter"--this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord. Zechariah 11:13

30 pieces of silver
The price paid to Judas for betraying Jesus.

Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you? So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.  Matthew 26:14-15

30 pieces of silver
30 pieces of silver

The price in human terms.

30 pieces of silver
30 pieces of silver


Christ's death on the cross
The ultimate price.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23