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.
And I said unto them. The prophet here represents the person of Yahweh-Messiah.
If ye think good - literally, 'If it be good in your eyes.' Glancing at their self-sufficient pride in not deigning to give Him that return which His great love in coming down to them from heaven merited-namely, their love and obedience.
Give me my price. "My price:" my reward for pastoral care, both during the whole of Israel's history from the exodus, and consummated especially in the three and a half years of Messiah's ministry. He speaks as their "servant," which He was to them, in order to fulfill the Father's will (Philippians 2:7).
And if not, forbear. They withheld that which He sought as His only reward, their love; yet He will not force them, but leave His cause with God (Isaiah 49:4-5). Compare the type, Jacob cheated of his wages by Laban, but leaving his cause in the hands of God (Genesis 30:28-33; Genesis 31:41-42).
So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver - 30 skekels. They not only refused Him His due, but added insult to injury, by giving for Him the price of a gored bond-servant (Exodus 21:32; Matthew 26:15). A freeman was rated at twice that sum.