Where in the Old Testament does it say that the Messiah would be betrayed for 30 pcs. of silver?

Answer 1

Zeceriah 11:12-13
And I said unto them, if ye think good, give me my price: and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that i was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Compare to New Testament
Matthew 26:15
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.
Matthew 27:6,7
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. (Mt. 27:3-5; 8-10)

Forgive me for the text, it is old King James Version.

Answer 2

Betrayed for 30 pieces of silver.
OT Zech.11:12-13
NT Matt.26:14-15

Answer 3

Compare these OT and NT verses:

Zechariah 11:11-13 And I said to them, "If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!" So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.13 Then the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them." So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

Matt 27:3-10 Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!"5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood."7 And they counseled together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.8 For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;10 and they gave them for the Potter’s Field, as the Lord directed me."

Answer 4

This is the closest to what you are asking.

Zechariah 11:13 Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"--the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD, to the potter.

Matthew 27:9 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, 10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."

The words here quoted are not found in Jeremiah, but in Zechariah; and a variety of conjectures have been formed, in order to reconcile this discrepancy. The most probable opinion seems to be, that the name of the prophet was originally omitted by the Evangelist, and that the name of Jeremiah was added by some subsequent copyist. It is omitted in two manuscripts of the twelfth century, in the Syriac, later Persic, two of the Itala, and in some other Latin copies; and what renders it highly probable that the original reading was δια [Strong’s G1223], του [Strong’s G5120], προφητον, by the prophet, is, that Matthew frequently omits the name of the prophet in his quotations.

Answer 5

"And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD." (Zechariah 11:11-13, KJV)

I don't know if that's a prophetic scripture or not, but that is the linked passage.

Edit: Martin, which version are you using? My KJV says, "Jeremy the prophet," not "the prophet Jeremiah"

Answer 6

Matthew 26:15 is where it is said that Judas ask the chief priest what are you willing to give me if I deliver Him up to you? The chief priest then answer 30 pieces of silver....Look at Zech 11:12,13 Zechariah had foreshadowed this sum in his prophetic actions.... Is that what your talking about? I hope this helps!

Answer 7

supposedly in Zechariah 11:12, which states "I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver."

i, personally, dont see anything other than a coincidence that 30 pieces of silver was a common payment in the time, similar to how $20 is a good round rumber these days