Devotion to the Leader
H. O. Mackey. John 11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. General Grant had the faculty, in a large degree, of attaching very closely to himself all about him. His personal staff without exception, passionately reverenced him. Any one of them would have gladly risked his life for his chief. In the last year of the civil war they organized a system at City Point by which one sat up on guard of him every night to watch against the plots of the enemy; for there had been devices of dynamitic character, and attempts not only to capture, but to assassinate, prominent national officers. (H. O. Mackey.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. WEB: Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."