Thirty Pieces of Silver
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"He was convinced the deal rejected by Mr Hague and the shadow Cabinet would help to preserve a hereditary element in the upper house. Some Tory MPs accused him of seeking 'thirty pieces of silver' to save his own skin as a Cecil, one of the oldest aristocratic families in the Lords, but that was dismissed as 'complete tosh' by his friends." —Colin Brown, "Tories in Turmoil - Retreat to estates of the realm," The Independent, December 5, 1998. "On the other side of the aisle were an equal number of supporters of landmark status. They contended the designation would honor the church and help prevent its congregation from relocating to west St. Louis County.
"'We want to prevent the sale and demolition of the church for another parking lot. For what? Thirty pieces of silver!' testified Leo Pashos, head of a group of parishioners called the Committee for the Preservation of St. Nicholas." —Donald E. Franklin, "Church Lacks Architectural Significance, Expert Says," The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 23, 1999. "How much is a junior minister paid under new Labour? Now that fomer Tory MP Shaun Woodward has been offered such preferment the going rate must be about thirty pieces of silver. Not that turncoat Shaun and his millionaire wife need the cash." —unsigned editorial, "Centre of attention - Turncoats," The Times (UK), December 20, 1999. "Other efforts promoting rebates-to-charity include Project Rebate Redirect (web2.airmail.net/pmc/rebateredirect), established by Peace Mennonite Church of Dallas, and a direct-mail solicitation by the New York-based National Council of the Churches in Christ. A strongly worded letter by Robert W. Edgar, the council's general secretary, challenged former contributors to its social programs to help stanch the widening gap between affluent and poor Americans:
"'You will shortly be receiving your thirty pieces of silver (or $300 to $600) in the form of a tax rebate,' Edgar wrote. 'I urge you to do what the President and the Congress had not the wit, the will or the foresight to do -- reinvest your tax rebate with the poor!'" —Bill Broadway, "To Spend, Save or Support? Pooling Tax Rebates for Social Causes Can Make Big Difference, Some Religious Leaders Say," The Washington Post, July 14, 2001, p. B09. "Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) slammed the grant of citizenship as Kalugin's price for treason, the SVR spokesman Boris Labuzov said as quoted by the Interfax news agency. 'US citizenship in this case is the same as the thirty pieces of silver Judas was paid for betraying Jesus,' Labuzov said, adding that the grant 'has reconfirmed the fact that Kalugin was a traitor.'" —no author, "Former KGB general becomes US citizen," Agence France Presse, August 7, 2003. Links Beyond eAlmanac
Wikipedia article on Judas Iscariot
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