Matthew 26:15 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

He went up to them and said, 'What's it worth to you if I hand him over?' They made a deal with him for thirty pieces of silver.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Judas literally put a price tag on betraying Jesus — and it wasn't even that much.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The Gospel of Matthew, traditionally attributed to the apostle Matthew, was likely written for a Jewish Christian audience in Syria during the late first century CE. It was written to affirm Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, provide ethical and theological instruction for the early church, and address the community's relationship with Judaism.

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