Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 11:12

12 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 .

Upon parting, Christ seems after the manner of men to mind them of his pains and care for them, and would have them reckon with him.

He puts it to them whether they thought he deserved ought at their hands and what it was.

Though I need not your money or pay, I deserve more then you will give, and therefore do in this as liketh you.

The Rulers of the Jews, the High Priest, Chief Priests and Pharisees.

Which was the manner of paying money in those dayes.

Which amounts to thirty seven shillings six pence, the value of the Life of a slave, Exod. 21.32. this was fulfilled when they paid Iudas Iscariot so much to betray Christ, Matth. 26.15. and 27.9.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] be [illegible: 1 span].