The 30 pieces of silver that Judas was paid was likely something like a Tyrian shekel which weighed about 14 grams of 94% or more pure silver. At todays silver prices being about $36.12 US dollars per ounce, a Tyrian Shekel would be worth $16.26 US today in silver value (excluding historical value).
So the 30 pieces of silver at todays prices would be valued about $487.80 US.
Interestingly, this is also considered the price of a slave during Roman times.
30 Pieces of silver. Check out the book of Matthew. 30 Pieces of silver. Check out the book of Matthew.
The prophet Zepen.niah in the old testament tells that Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Some say that 30 pieces of silver was the standard pric.e for a very ordinary slave. So christ was sold as a slave for mankind.
$19.20, about 113 days' wages of the common laborer at .17 cents a day. Obviously, you couldn't hire a laborer today for that much, so what would today's value work out to be? If you wanted to hire a worker, you could pay him from $100 to $125 per day in the US. So, using a day's labor as the means of comparison, it would work out to be $11,300 to $14,125 US. This could buy a nice chunk of land in most states, just like the 30 pieces of silver bought the potter's field in Matthew 27:6-10.
The bible says that when Judas repented ,he went back to the high priests with the bag of 30 pieces of silver, which they had paid him to betray Jesus. Judas threw the coins and then hanged himself. The priests said that they can not mix the money, as it was the price of blood.. The coins were collected used to buy a field to bury strangers.
Yes, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus with a kiss and he got 30 silver coins in return. After the soldiers had arrested Jesus, Judas realized what he had done and the Bible says the Judas repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is thatto us? That's your problem." So he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (Matthew 27:3-5, paraphrased)
The Old Testament references to thirty pieces of silverare in Zechariah 11:12-13.
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.
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30 Pieces of silver. Check out the book of Matthew. 30 Pieces of silver. Check out the book of Matthew.
The smallest Us Silver coin in reguar use was the Mercury Dime- therfore thirty pieces of silver equals Three Dollars- this argument has been used to suggest that Homosexuality may have played a role ( Three Dollar Bill ). Mercury dimes would be appropriate as this is a Roman God- of commerce and speed.
You can find the declamation piece "Thirty Pieces of Silver" in various declamation or prose and poetry books, online sources, or through performing arts groups that may have the piece in their repertoire. It is a popular piece used in competitions and public speaking events.
30 pieces of silver
Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. (It says this in Matthew chapter 27 verse 3) This was, in those days, equivalent to around a month's wages for an unskilled worker. Hardly a King's ransom.
The prophet Zepen.niah in the old testament tells that Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Some say that 30 pieces of silver was the standard pric.e for a very ordinary slave. So christ was sold as a slave for mankind.
According to the Bible, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
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30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-16)