Zec 11:13 | TNotes | STEP | 11:13 to the potter: Some scholars speculate that a guild of potters might have been minor Temple officials due to the continual need for sacred vessels (see Lev 6:28 ). Others, noting the similarity between potter (Hebrew yotser ) and treasury ( ’otsar ), follow the Syriac version, which reads into the treasury (see Matt 27:6 , 10 ; cp. Jer 32:6-9 ). The Greek Old Testament translates this sentence as “throw it into the furnace,” suggesting that the silver was melted down and recast into a silver vessel for use in Temple rituals. • Thirty coins (or pieces of silver ) was a magnificent sum of money (nearly two years’ wages for the average laborer).

bLev 6:28►

cMatt 27:6►

eJer 32:6-9►

‏ Zechariah 11:13

11:13 ^a to the potter: Some scholars speculate that a guild of potters might have been minor Temple officials due to the continual need for sacred vessels (see Lev 6:28 ^b). Others, noting the similarity between potter (Hebrew yotser) and treasury (’otsar), follow the Syriac version, which reads into the treasury (see Matt 27:6 ^c, 10 ^d; cp. Jer 32:6-9 ^e). The Greek Old Testament translates this sentence as “throw it into the furnace,” suggesting that the silver was melted down and recast into a silver vessel for use in Temple rituals.

• Thirty coins (or pieces of silver) was a magnificent sum of money (nearly two years’ wages for the average laborer).