Matius 2:7

2:7 Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Matius 10:29

10:29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? ²  Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. ³ 

[2:7]  ¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[10:29]  ² sn The penny refers to an assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one-sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s average wage. Sparrows were the cheapest items sold in the market. God knows about even the most financially insignificant things; see Isa 49:15.

[10:29]  ³ tn Or “to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.”