Luke 22:5

Luke 22:5 Meaning and Explanation

And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

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The leaders are glad at Judas' offer and agree to pay him money.

What Does Luke 22:5 Mean?

What the chief priests could not engineer themselves walked through their door. Luke notes their gladness - relief that the problem of seizing Jesus without a riot now had a solution - and their bargain: money for a man. Matthew records the price as thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15), the sum the law set for a slave (Exodus 21:32).

Their joy is one of the saddest notes in the Gospel: religious men rejoicing that betrayal had become affordable. The scene asks every reader what price the heart quietly sets on faithfulness - what gladness we feel when a wrong path becomes convenient. Jesus, by contrast, could not be bought; he freely paid everything.

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The leaders are glad at Judas' offer and agree to pay him money.

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