Zechariah 11:12 (WEB)
I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And I will say to them, If it be good in your sight, give me my price, or refuse, and the rest.” — editor's note: Zech. xi. 12.
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Jerome
“And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them into the house of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Zech. xi. 12, 13, Vulg.
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Tertullian
““He was numbered with the transgressors;” “He was pierced in His hands and His feet;” “they cast lots for his raiment;” “they gave Him gall, and made Him drink vinegar;” “they shook their heads, and mocked Him;” “He was appraised by the traitor in thirty pieces of silver.”” — editor's note: Zech. xi. 12.
Read the whole comment“…its first purpose of a fee, and appropriated to the purchase of a potter’s field, as narrated in the Gospel of Matthew, were clearly foretold by Jeremiah: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who was valued and gave them for the potter’s field.”” — editor's note: This passage more nearly resembles Zech. xi. 12 and 13 than anything in Jeremiah, although the transaction in Jer. xxxii. 7–15 is noted by the commentators, as…
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