Was Judas' payoff really that big?

[Doonie]

I mean, what did a guy get for 30 pieces of silver?

 

[Fireball]

it was not worth it and it is speculation...clothing maybe but friends are worth more.

 

[Private Prinny]

I could be wrong, but I imagine that the alternative would be a seven inch bronze blade delivered into his heart.

 

[Wandering Stranger]

He didn't get any to think that he returned it right after Jesus was arrested.

 

[*Blessed*]

Well, he tried to give it back, but they wouldn't take it. So he took it, bought a piece of pasture land, and hung himself there.

Sucks for him.

 

[prophet]

As it is written : "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

 

[Kathleen]

It was the price of a slave. A person's life.