Zechariah 11:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And I said — Upon parting, Christ seems after the manner of men, to mind them of his claims for them, and desire them to reckon with him. If ye think good — He puts it to them, whether they thought he deserved ought at their hands? 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 — Which amounts to thirty — seven shillings and six — pence, the value of the life of a slave, Exodus 21:32. This was fulfilled when they paid Judas Iscariot so much to betray Christ.