Zechariah 11:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And I said unto them; 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. If ye think good: he puts it to them whether they thought he deserved aught at their hands, and what it was. Give me my price; though I need not your money or pay, I deserve more than you will give, and therefore do in this as liketh you. So they, the rulers of the Jews, the high priest, chief priests, and Pharisees, weighed, which was the manner of paying money in those days, thirty pieces of silver; which amounts to thirty-seven shillings and sixpence, the value of the life of a slave, Exodus 21:32: this was fulfilled when they paid Judas Iscariot so much to betray Christ, Matthew 2:15; Matthew 26:9. And I said unto them; 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. If ye think good: he puts it to them whether they thought he deserved aught at their hands, and what it was. Give me my price; though I need not your money or pay, I deserve more than you will give, and therefore do in this as liketh you. So they, the rulers of the Jews, the high priest, chief priests, and Pharisees, weighed, which was the manner of paying money in those days, thirty pieces of silver; which amounts to thirty-seven shillings and sixpence, the value of the life of a slave, Exodus 21:32: this was fulfilled when they paid Judas Iscariot so much to betray Christ, Matthew 2:15; Matthew 26:9.