Judas agrees to betray Jesus
Matthew 26:1–5, 14–16; Mark 14:1–2, 10–11; Luke 22:1–6; Zechariah 11:12–13
Two days before the Passover, the chief priests plotted to arrest Jesus quietly. Judas Iscariot went to them and agreed to hand him over for thirty pieces of silver.
and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you?” So they weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:15 (World English Bible)
Luke says Satan entered Judas (Luke 22:3). Thirty pieces of silver was the price of a slave (Exodus 21:32), the same sum Zechariah was paid for his shepherding, which he was told to throw “to the potter” (Zechariah 11:12–13; Matthew 27:9–10).
Dating notes
“After two days” the Passover would come (Matthew 26:2; Mark 14:1), which places this on Wednesday, 1 April in Ussher's reckoning. Ussher's dates put the crucifixion on Friday, 3 April AD 33; many scholars prefer Friday, 7 April AD 30, which would move all of Holy Week three years earlier.