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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Luke 22:5

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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money--"thirty pieces of silver" (Mat 26:15); thirty shekels, the fine payable for man- or maid-servant accidentally killed (Exo 21:32), and equal to between four and five pounds of our money--"a goodly price that I was priced at of them" (Zac 11:13). (See on Joh 19:16.)
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