> And buying a traitor always costs a lot of money. Even Judas got 30 pieces of silver. 30 silver pieces actually wasn’t much money. These are commonly thought

> And buying a traitor always costs a lot of money. Even Judas got 30 pieces of silver. 30 silver pieces actually wasn’t much money. These are commonly thought to refer to a silver shekel. If so, it’d be 30x11.4g or 342g of silver total, about $164 at today’s prices. 30 shekels was also the price of a slave according to Exodus 21:32. So, the fact that the Pharisees paid Judas only the price of a slave shows their immense disrespect for the Christ.