Matthew 10:29

for a farthing. Greek. assarion. Compare Luke 12:6 , "five sold for two assarions " is not the same; but the difference may arise from the market price, which varied from time to time. Deissmann tells us that a fragment of a papyrus was discovered at Aegira (in Achaea, on the Corinthian gulf), in 1899, containing part of a market tariff of Diocletian (third century, A.D.), showing that sparrows were sold in tens. The tariff fixed the maximum price of ten for sixteen denarii (about 31/2 d. Eng. In our Lord's day, therefore, the market value would be Neh 1 d . Eng.) See App-51 .

of = from among Greek. ek.

on. Greek. epi.

without your Father: i.e. without His knowledge or will.