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thirty pieces of silver

 
Bible Dictionary: thirty pieces of silver

The money Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus to the authorities. He later threw the money into the Temple of Jerusalem, and the chief priests bought the “potter's field” with it, to be used as a cemetery for foreigners.

  • This money is referred to as “blood money” — money received for the life of another human being.
  • “Thirty pieces of silver” is also used proverbially to refer to anything paid or given for a treacherous act.

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    Bible Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more