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These pieces of currency were commonly used in trade, offerings, and various transactions throughout the biblical era. The use of silver as a medium of exchange is well-documented in both the Old and New Testaments, reflecting its value and utility in ancient economies.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, silver is frequently mentioned as a measure of wealth and a standard for trade. One of the earliest references to silver is found in the account of Abraham, who purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burial site for his wife Sarah for "four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current commercial rate" (<a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16</a>). This transaction underscores the use of silver as a recognized and respected form of currency.<br><br>Silver was also integral to the construction and maintenance of the Tabernacle. In <a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">Exodus 30:11-16</a>, God commands Moses to collect a half-shekel of silver from each Israelite as a ransom offering, which was used for the service of the Tabernacle. This collection, known as the "atonement money," highlights the role of silver in religious observance and community responsibility.<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>In the New Testament, silver-pieces are most infamously associated with the betrayal of Jesus Christ. Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, agreed to betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. <a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-15</a> records, "Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?' And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver." This act of betrayal fulfilled the prophecy found in <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a>, where the prophet speaks of thirty pieces of silver as the price set for the shepherd.<br><br>The aftermath of Judas's betrayal further emphasizes the significance of these silver-pieces. In <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Matthew 27:3-5</a> , Judas, filled with remorse, returns the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, declaring, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." The chief priests, acknowledging the blood money, use it to purchase the potter's field, thus fulfilling another prophecy.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Theological Implications</b><br><br>Silver-pieces in the Bible often symbolize human greed, betrayal, and the cost of sin. The transaction involving Judas Iscariot serves as a poignant reminder of the moral and spiritual consequences of valuing material wealth over divine truth. The use of silver in religious contexts, such as offerings and temple service, also reflects its role in facilitating worship and maintaining the covenant relationship between God and His people.<br><br>Throughout Scripture, silver is depicted as both a blessing and a test of character. <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a> states, "A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts." This verse illustrates the refining process, both literal and metaphorical, that silver undergoes, paralleling the spiritual refinement believers experience through trials and divine testing.<br><br>In summary, silver-pieces in the Bible serve as a multifaceted symbol of economic value, religious duty, and moral testing, woven into the fabric of biblical history and theology.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_harmony_of_the_gospels/chapter_vii_of_the_thorough_harmony.htm"><span class="l">Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the Different <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> And the chief priests took the <b>silver pieces</b>, and said, It is not lawful for to<br> put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter vii of the thorough harmony.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/jesus_feeds_the_hungry.htm"><span class="l">Jesus Feeds the Hungry</span></a> <br><b>...</b> farms and villages to buy food for themselves." But he answered "Give them some<br> food." They replied, "Are we to go and buy two hundred <b>silver pieces</b>' worth of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/jesus feeds the hungry.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/jesus_makes_even_wrong-doers_his.htm"><span class="l">Jesus Makes Even Wrong-Doers his Friends</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to say to you." He replied, "Say it, Master." "There were two men who owed a certain<br> money-lender some silver: one owed him five hundred <b>silver pieces</b> and the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sherman/the childrens bible/jesus makes even wrong-doers his.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/scottish_psalter_and_paraphrases/psalm_68.htm"><span class="l">Psalm 68</span></a> <br><b>...</b> O Lord our God, rebuke,. Till ev'ry one submit himself,. and <b>silver pieces</b> bring:<br> The people that delight in war. disperse, O God and King. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 68.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_viii_the_fourth_day.htm"><span class="l">The Fourth Day in Passion-Week - Jesus in his Last Sabbatic Rest <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> And, louder than the ring of the thirty <b>silver pieces</b> as they fell on the marble<br> pavement of the Temple, rang it ever in his soul, I have betrayed innocent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter viii the fourth day.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_greek_church/when_lazarus_rose_at_christs.htm"><span class="l">When Lazarus Rose at Christ's Command,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Jews, O Christ, Thy life demand,. 'Twas purchased for a price like this".<br> For <b>silver pieces</b> and a kiss,. But Judas would not understand. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/when lazarus rose at christs.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_nicodemus_/chapter_13_and_while_they_2.htm"><span class="l">And While they were Sitting in the Synagogue, and Recriminating <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> And the Jews, taking counsel among themselves, brought forth a sufficient number<br> of <b>silver pieces</b>, and gave to the soldiers, saying: Say that, while we slept <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 13 and while they 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/jesus_praises_a_woman_who.htm"><span class="l">Jesus Praises a Woman who Gave Her Best</span></a> <br><b>...</b> waste of perfume? It might have been sold for more than three hundred <b>silver</b><br> <b>pieces</b> and the money given to the poor." But because <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sherman/the childrens bible/jesus praises a woman who.htm</font><p><a href="/library/newton/the_life_of_jesus_christ_for_the_young/christ_teaching_humility.htm"><span class="l">Christ Teaching Humility</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But when she came home, and her poor sick mother cut the loaf open, a number of<br> new <b>silver pieces</b> of money, fell rattling and shining out of it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/christ teaching humility.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/children_of_the_old_testament/joseph_the_dreamer.htm"><span class="l">Joseph the Dreamer.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the slave-market in Egypt, where red-cheeked boys were of greater value than black<br> boys of the desert; and they bought him for twenty <b>silver pieces</b>, which they <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/joseph the dreamer.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/silver-pieces.htm"><span class="l"><b>Silver</b>-<b>pieces</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Silver</b>-<b>pieces</b>. Silverlings, <b>Silver</b>-<b>pieces</b>. Silversmith . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Silver</b>-<b>pieces</b> (6 Occurrences). Genesis <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/silver-pieces.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/worth.htm"><span class="l">Worth (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged<br> it, until an ass's head was worth eighty <b>silver</b>-<b>pieces</b>, and the fourth part of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/worth.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/silverlings.htm"><span class="l">Silverlings (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/silverlings.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/midianitish.htm"><span class="l">Midianitish (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of<br> the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty <b>silver</b>-<b>pieces</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/midianitish.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/briars.htm"><span class="l">Briars (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there<br> were a thousand vines at a thousand <b>silver</b><b>pieces</b>, shall become briars and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/briars.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/akeldama.htm"><span class="l">Akeldama (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1:19 to have been bought by Judas with the "thirty pieces of silver." In Matthew<br> 27:6, 7 it is narrated that the priests took the <b>silver</b><b>pieces</b> which Judas had <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/akeldama.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/silversmith.htm"><span class="l">Silversmith (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/silversmith.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/money.htm"><span class="l">Money (284 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> transactions. There were in common use in trade <b>silver</b><b>pieces</b> of a definite<br> weight, shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/money.htm - 69k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/keepers.htm"><span class="l">Keepers (78 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Song of Songs 8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand<br><b>silver</b>-<b>pieces</b> be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/keepers.htm - 33k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/thirty-pieces-of-silver.html">What is the significance of thirty pieces of silver? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Matthew-27-9-Jeremiah-Zechariah.html">Why does Matthew 27:9 attribute the prophecy to Jeremiah when it is from Zechariah? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Zechariah-11-12-13-Messianic.html">Is Zechariah 11:12-13 a Messianic prophecy? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a></span><br />And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span>; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a></span><br />And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span>, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm">Song of Songs 8:11</a></span><br />Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span>. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm">Song of Songs 8:12</a></span><br />My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span> be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12</a></span><br />And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Zechariah 11:13</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty <span class="boldtext">silver-pieces</span>, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/silver-pieces.htm">Silver-pieces</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/demetrius.htm">Demetrius (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/silver-pieces.htm">Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/employ.htm">Employ (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/miniature.htm">Miniature (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mechanics.htm">Mechanics (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/craftsmen.htm">Craftsmen (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ar'temis.htm">Ar'temis (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/artificer.htm">Artificer (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/smith.htm">Smith (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sanctuaries.htm">Sanctuaries (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/silver-smith.htm">Silver-smith (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shrines.htm">Shrines (40 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/alexander.htm">Alexander (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/artemis.htm">Artemis (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/business.htm">Business (147 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gain.htm">Gain (142 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/diana.htm">Diana (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/silver.htm">Silver (329 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/silverlings.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Silverlings"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Silverlings" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/silversmith.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Silversmith"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Silversmith" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>