Mark 14:11

11 They couldn't believe their ears, and promised to pay him well. He started looking for just the right moment to hand him over.

Mark 14:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:11

And when they heard it, they were glad
That such an opportunity offered, and from such a quarter, by one of his own disciples; so that it might be done more secretly and effectually, and with less blame to themselves:

and promised to give him money;
any sum he should ask; and what was agreed upon were thirty pieces, or shekels of silver; and so the Ethiopic version here, instead of money, reads, "thirty pieces of silver"; (See Gill on Matthew 26:15).

And he sought how he might conveniently betray him;
after this promise, and upon this agreement: henceforward he sought the most fitting opportunity, and the best season of betraying his master into the hands of these men, when he was alone, and the multitude absent, and there was no danger of a tumult, or a rescue; (See Gill on Matthew 26:16).

Mark 14:11 In-Context

9 And you can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she just did is going to be talked about admiringly."

10 Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the cabal of high priests, determined to betray him.

11 They couldn't believe their ears, and promised to pay him well. He started looking for just the right moment to hand him over.

12 On the first of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day they prepare the Passover sacrifice, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations so you can eat the Passover meal?"

13 He directed two of his disciples, "Go into the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.