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Excursus:
Judas,
the
Betrayer
Jerusalem !
Dead
Sea
!
Hebron
!
Masada
!
Kerioth !
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Only
MaHhew
species
the
amount
of
money
Judas
is
given.
The
Greek
word
in
MaHhew
26:
15
is
arguria,
silver
coins,
not
specifying
what
type
of
coins
they
were.
The
best
guess
is
Tyrian
tetradrachms,
commonly
called
Tyrian
shekels.
The
above
Tyrian
shekel
was
minted
in
Tyre
between
18
B.C.
and
A.D.
68.
A
Tyrian
shekel
contained
about
14
grams
of
silver.
At
todays
value
a
Tyrian
shekel
would
be
worth
about
$8.00
($15.98/oz.;
1
oz.
of
silver
=
28
grams),
so
the
30
Tyrian
shekels
given
to
Judas
would
be
worth
about
$240.
Excursus:
Judas
the
Betrayer
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I
think
we
need
to
go
back
to
the
Murder
Book
and
follow
this
case
more
closely
from
the
start.
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The Bargain
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went off to the chief priests to
hand him over to them. When they heard him they were pleased and
promised to pay him money. Then he looked for an opportunity to hand
him over (Mark 14: 10-11).
Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief
priests and said, What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to
you? They paid him thirty pieces of silver and from that time on he
looked for an opportunity to hand him over (Matthew 26: 14-16).
Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was drawing near,
and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to put him to
death, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered into Judas,
the one surnamed Iscariot, who was counted among the Twelve, and he
went to the chief priests and temple guards to discuss a plan for handing
him over to them. They were pleased and agreed to pay him money. He
accepted their offer and sought a favorable opportunity to hand him over
to them in the absence of a crowd (Luke 22: 1-6).
Excursus:
Judas
the
Betrayer
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2.
3.
4.
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Now,
we
move
on
to
the
next
step
in
our
invesIgaIon.
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2.
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3.
4.
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Now,
we
come
to
the
nal
step
in
Judas
betrayal:
Jesus
arrest
in
the
Garden
of
Gethsemane.
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The
Kiss
Peter
chopping
of
the
ear
of
Malchus
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2.
3.
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4.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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The
late
2nd-century
CopIc
papyrus,
The
Gospel
of
Judas,
discovered
during
the
1970s
near
Beni
Masah
in
Egypt.
This
gospel
portrays
Judas
as
acIng
on
Jesus
instrucIons,
the
only
one
of
Jesus
disciples
who
truly
understood
him.
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Thats
interesIng,
my
dear
Watson,
but
where
does
it
lead
us?
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