"Yes, call them," said Caiaphas. When Josue left the room Caiaphas asked their counsel as to the price which should be given for the betrayal of Jesus.
Nathanael stood up and said, "The law of Moses gives direction for such a case; a slave is valued at thirty pieces of silver."
The priests laughed thereat and said, "Yea, yea, it is just the price of a slave that the false Messiah is worth."
Then came in Dathan and Judas, Josue conducting them into the presence of the Sanhedrin. Dathan stood forward and said, "Most learned council, I here fulfil the task entrusted to me, and present to the fathers a man who is determined for a suitable reward to deliver our and your enemy into our power. He is a trusted friend of the notorious Galilean and knows his ways and his secret abiding places."
Then said Caiaphas to Judas, "Knowest thou the man whom the council seeks?"
Judas answered, "I have now been a long time in his company and know where he is accustomed to abide."
Then said Caiaphas, "What is thy name?"
He replied, "My name is Judas, and I am one of the twelve."
"Yes, yes," cried several of the priests, "we saw thee often with him."
Caiaphas asked him, "Art thou steadfastly resolved to do our will?"