Is Zechariah 11:12-13 a Messianic prophecy?
Zechariah 11:12 - 13
ESV - 12 Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. 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.
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Asked July 01 2013
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S. Michael Houdmann
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Zechariah 11:12-13 offers an intriguing account regarding 30 silver coins, bringing to mind the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot. The New Testament identifies this as a Messianic prophecy, which...
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Jack Gutknecht
Yes, because Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver, then the silver was thrown down in the temple, and the silver was used to buy a potter’s field. These 2 verses in Zechariah 11:12-13 talk about Jesus' betrayal.
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