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Luke 22:5

What does Luke 22:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 22:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 22:5 means

The leaders’ gladness exposes their hearts. They rejoice not at truth or justice, but at the opportunity to eliminate a rival. They covenant to give Judas money, making the betrayal a transaction. The exchange of cash cheapens sacred trust and turns friendship into a commodity. Scripture often warns about the love of money; here it plays a role in the darkest deed. Their agreement formalizes the plot, binding both parties to a wicked pact. Yet even as they count coins, heaven’s purpose advances. The Messiah will be betrayed for a price, and by these human arrangements the appointed hour draws near. Their joy is short-lived; God will overrule their sin for salvation’s sake.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they were glad and covenanted to give him money.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.

Context

This verse follows Judas’s approach to the authorities with the leaders’ eager acceptance and a financial bargain. Having secured Judas’s cooperation, the leaders now await a discreet moment. The next line will say Judas consented and sought such an opportunity, underscoring secrecy. Soon after, Luke will pivot from plotting to preparation for the Passover meal, juxtaposing treachery with Jesus’ faithful love expressed at the table.

v.4And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.

v.5This passage

v.6And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 8:20

    But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

  • Matthew 26:15

    and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

  • Zechariah 11:12

    And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

  • Acts 1:18

    (Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

  • 2 Peter 2:3

    And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

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