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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4541316, member: 110350"]That fits in with both the use of the phrase in Exodus and the use of the same phrase in the Zechariah story -- it was intended to imply a paltry sum, and it was used in the Christian Bible to make the point that Jesus's life was worth very little both to those who paid the sum, and to Judas, who received it. So it's pointless to try to tie it to a specific weight of silver or a specific monetary sum, or to speculate about Judas's intentions in requesting or accepting that specific amount -- as if he were a historical personage who is known to have received that specific amount, and had actual motivations and intentions in requesting and receiving it beyond those which Matthew wrote for him. It's more important to think about Matthew's intentions in writing that specific amount into the story, even beyond the usual purpose of the Gospels' authors of trying to present the events of Jesus's life in a way that would fulfill the supposed prophecies of the Hebrew Bible. (For obvious reasons, I don't use the term "Old Testament.") Think about why Matthew chose to draw from that particular story in the Hebrew Bible. (His is the only Gospel in which the story of the thirty pieces of silver appears, after all.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4541316, member: 110350"]That fits in with both the use of the phrase in Exodus and the use of the same phrase in the Zechariah story -- it was intended to imply a paltry sum, and it was used in the Christian Bible to make the point that Jesus's life was worth very little both to those who paid the sum, and to Judas, who received it. So it's pointless to try to tie it to a specific weight of silver or a specific monetary sum, or to speculate about Judas's intentions in requesting or accepting that specific amount -- as if he were a historical personage who is known to have received that specific amount, and had actual motivations and intentions in requesting and receiving it beyond those which Matthew wrote for him. It's more important to think about Matthew's intentions in writing that specific amount into the story, even beyond the usual purpose of the Gospels' authors of trying to present the events of Jesus's life in a way that would fulfill the supposed prophecies of the Hebrew Bible. (For obvious reasons, I don't use the term "Old Testament.") Think about why Matthew chose to draw from that particular story in the Hebrew Bible. (His is the only Gospel in which the story of the thirty pieces of silver appears, after all.)[/QUOTE]
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