Sparks Commentary

“In the last century [then the seventeenth century], Latin was the universal language of Europe . Correspondence among the learned, and inde...

“Our knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is directly dependent upon Jewish oral tradition and thus on the state of that tradition during and follow...

“The best writings of antiquity upon government those I mean of Aristotle , Zeno and Cicero are lost. We have human nature, society, and un...

“You know also that the beginning is the most important part of any work , especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is t...

“And he [Jonah] said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the L ORD , the God of heaven , which hath made the sea and the dry land.” - T...

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates at his trial, as recorded by Plato's “Apology” Before beginning this project...

"The study of Ancient Greek has long been a bookish pursuit , and rightly so. For this language we have only the books (and other wri...

"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter....

"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the L ORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ma...

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receivet...

"I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end, the first and the last." - The New Testament, "The Revelation of St. J...