Mark Chapter 14 verse 11 Holy Bible
And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him `unto them'.
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And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.
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and they, when they heard it, rejoiced, and promised him to give money. And he sought how he could opportunely deliver him up.
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And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
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They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
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and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought (ἐζήτει) - he was seeking; he made it his business to arrange how the infamous plot might be managed - how he might conveniently deliver him unto them (πῶς εὐκαίρως αὐτὸν παραδῷ); literally, how at a convenient season he might betray him. And they,when they heard it, were glad; glad, because they saw the prospect of the accomplishment of their wishes; glad, because it was "one of the twelve" who covenanted to betray him. They promised to give him money. St. Matthew (Matthew 26:15) tells us the amount, namely, thirty pieces of silver, according to the prophecy of Zechariah (Zechariah 11:12), to which St. Matthew evidently refers. These pieces of silver were shekels of the sanctuary, worth about three shillings each. This would make the whole amount about £4 10s. of our money; less than half the value of the precious ointment with which Mary had anointed him. Some commentators, however, think that this was only an instalment of what they promised him if he completed his treasonable design. How he might conveniently deliver him unto them. St. Luke (Luke 22:6) explains this by saying, "in the absence of the multitude;" that is, when the people were not about him, and when he was in private with his disciples. And so he betrayed him at night, when he was alone with his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) They were glad, and promised to give him money.--It may be noted (1) that the mention of the priests being "glad" is in common with St. Luke, and (2) that St. Mark does not name the specific sum which was promised as the price of blood.
