Zechariah 11:12–13 — Thirty pieces of silver and potter’s field

Primary Datum

Datum: Zechariah 11:12-13 involves thirty pieces of silver and potter imagery later associated with Judas traditions.

Scoring / Hypothesis Pressure

Dependency / Cap Metadata

dependency_cluster_id

prophecy_zechariah_entry_betrayal

dependency_cluster_role

canonical_text_anchor

dependency_cluster

prophecy_zechariah_entry_betrayal

dependency_role

canonical_text_anchor

cap_profile

moderate_semi_independent

evidence_function

direct_identity

directness

direct

Counter-Pressure

title

Zechariah 11:12–13 — Thirty pieces of silver and potter’s field is a bounded signal, not a standalone proof.

text

The strongest caution is overuse. Original context, typology, ambiguity, and postdiction concerns must stay visible. This row should be read inside its dependency family, not treated as an isolated demonstration of God, Christ, or the final synthesis.

path

Start with what the row actually shows, then name what it does not show. Use it cumulatively. Do not make a single prophecy carry the whole Christian claim.

Apologetic Note

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Apologetic leverage

title

Zechariah 11:12-13 - Thirty pieces of silver and potter's field belongs to disciplined convergence.

key point

Zechariah 11 is retained as the canonical thirty-silver/potter-field anchor, but the score is tiny because the textual, attribution, and retrospective-application issues are substantial. The positive signal is not proof-text magic. It is the convergence of original context, later reception, and the Christ-shaped pattern of king, servant, suffering, vindication, and kingdom.

conversation move

Read the passage in its own setting first. Then ask why the Jesus story repeatedly lands where Israel's Scriptures had already taught readers to look.

caveat

Do not erase Jewish readings or pretend every prophecy is simple. The clue is bounded by genre, context, and the wider canonical field.

Scripture Passage

copyright: Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; fulfillment: reference: Matthew 27:9–10; text: Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”; prophecy: reference: Zechariah 11:12–13; text: Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD, to the potter.

Caveats / Notes

Source note

Zech 11:12–13; Matt 27:3–10.

Cap notes

Messianic prophecy is split into governed subfamilies so distinct text families do not collapse into one global prophecy datum.

Cluster note

Canonical Zechariah 11 thirty-silver anchor. Tiny score only; cap for Jeremiah/Zechariah attribution, compositional, and retrospective-use issues.

Scoring note

Canonical Zechariah 11 thirty-silver anchor. Tiny score only; cap for Jeremiah/Zechariah attribution, compositional, and retrospective-use issues.

Governance note

Stage 3 prophecy subfamily split; hard duplicate prophecy rows remain hidden/context only.

Citations

• Craig, W.L. (2008). Reasonable Faith.
• Habermas, G. & Licona, M. (2004). The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
• Zechariah 11:12–13 (ESV)
• Matthew 27:3–10 (ESV)

Recommended Citation

The Signal Evidence Dataset, "Zechariah 11:12–13 — Thirty pieces of silver and potter’s field," Evidence ID: E-SCR-ZECH11-THIRTY-SILVER-POTTER, Version 0.74. Accessed [access date]. https://logos-signal.org/evidence/E-SCR-ZECH11-THIRTY-SILVER-POTTER/

Machine-Readable Source

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