The Surprising Meaning of Thirty Shekels of Silver
Keywords
Last Supper, Judas Iscariot, betrayal of Jesus
Abstract
Jesus met with His disciples one last time before His death. Together they shared the traditional Jewish Passover meal, Jesus’s Last Supper. During this meal, Jesus revealed troubling news:
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me…Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake…Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.” (John 13:21-22, 26)
“Then…Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time [Judas Iscariot] sought opportunity to betray [Jesus].” (Matthew 26:14-16)
But events unfolded far different than Judas’ had expected or intended.
Original Publication Citation
The Surprising Meaning of Thirty Shekels of Silver, June 5, 2019. (Republished on the Deseret News on June 5, 2019. Republished on LDS Living on June 6, 2019. #8 article on LDS Living.)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "The Surprising Meaning of Thirty Shekels of Silver" (2019). Faculty Publications. 10019.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10019
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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