# Zechariah

Zechariah was an Old Testament prophet who spoke to God’s people after they returned to the Promised Land from the Exile in Babylon. This was about 500 years before the Messiah came.

# 30 silver coins

At the time, each of these coins was worth the amount of money a person could earn in four days.

# gamble for his clothes

This could mean ‘play a game of chance to determine who would win his clothes.’ (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])