Judas went and threw them into the temple, in an effort to return them. The priests said they couldn't accept them because they were "blood money", so they bought a field with it where the poor could be buried.
Judas betrayed jesus for thirty peaces of silver to the high priests.
The people who paid Judas 30, thirty peaces of silver to betray Jesus, were the high priests in the temple and pharases.
Matthew 26: 14 - 15 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?" And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him. Then in Matthew 27:3 Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Judas seeks to betray Jesus to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus and the disciples prepare and do eat the last supper on passover. Judas is revealed.
Matthew 26:14-16 - Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him. [NKJV]
The gospels do not make it clear exactly who gave Judas the thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus.The closest we get is:-Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, and said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:14-5)Which implies that it was the priests of the temple collectively that gave Judas this money.
When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
30 pieces of silver - 30 denarii. In real terms this is around a month's wages as the standard rate for a day's wages was 1 silver coin.
It was never prophesied that a man specifically called Judas would betray Christ, but Zechariah 11:12-13 mentions the ransom of thirty pieces of silver.
During the Passover meal, known as the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot left to betray Jesus. According to the Gospel accounts, he went to the chief priests to negotiate the betrayal for thirty pieces of silver. After leaving, he ultimately led soldiers to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane later that night.
At that time thirty silver coins was the price paid for a very, very ordinary slave. So in other words christ was sold as a slave for mankind.
Spy Wednesday: the word means exactly what we think it means. It's a reference to Judas's action in Matthew 26: 14-16:Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, and said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.The beginning of Matthew 26 seems to place that event two days beforeGood Friday. Thus, a spy entered the midst of the disciples on Wednesday ofHoly Week, when Judas resolved to betray our Lord for 30 pieces of silver.