Luke 22:5

Luke 22:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
• New International Version (NIV)They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

Context of Luke 22:5

3And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve. 4And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them. And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money. 6And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd. 7And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed.

Luke 22:5 word by word

καὶ ἐχάρησαν καὶ συνέθεντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι.Read the interlinear

• rejoicedχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694

Cross-references for Luke 22:5

• Zechariah 11:12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces.
• Matthew 26:15and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.
• Matthew 27:3Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
• Acts 1:18(This [man] then indeed got a field with [the] reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
• Acts 8:20And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
• 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Commentaries on Luke 22:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They - covenanted to give him money - Matthew says thirty pieces, or staters, of silver, about 4. 10s. English, the common price of the meanest slave. See the note on Matthew 26:15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 Chief priests and captains - See the notes at Matthew 26:14. See the account of the bargain which Judas made with them explained in the Matthew 26:14-16 notes, and Mark 14:10-11 notes. Absence of the multitude - The multitude, “the people,” were then favorable to Jesus. He had preached in the temple, and many of them believed that he was the Messiah. It was a hazardous thing, therefore, to take him by force, and in their presence, as they might…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Judas wanted the money. Judas wanted the money. John says that he was a thief and used to steal from the money bag of the disciples (John 12:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. money--"thirty pieces of silver" (Mt 26:15); thirty shekels, the fine payable for man- or maid-servant accidentally killed (Ex 21:32), and equal to between four and five pounds of our money--"a goodly price that I was priced at of them" (Zec 11:13). (See on Joh 19:16.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:5

• Apostasy
• Betrayal
• Bribery
• Church
• Covetousness
• Judas (Jude)
• Money
• Persecution
• Priest
• Traitor

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Jesus Christ
• Judas Iscariot
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings