Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Ver. 29. Are not two sparrows, a &c.] Birds flying seem to be at liberty, yet are guided by an overruling hand: they fly freely, yet fall by Divine dispose, and not as the fowler will. But we are better than many sparrows. God's providence is punctual and particular, extending even to the least and lightest circumstances of all our occurrences; whatever Jerome thought to the contrary, and Pliny with his Irridendum vero curare agere rerum humanarum illud quicquid est summum: It is a ridiculous thing, saith he, to imagine that God takes care of our particular affairs. How much better St Augustine, Deus sic curat universes quasi singulos, sic singulos quasi solos. God's providence extends to every particular, both person and occurrence.
a στρουθια, Magna est emphasis diminutivi. The greatnes is noted in the small matters.