"They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ." (1 Corinthians 10:3, 4--NIV)
The Interlinear Greek also uses the word, "accompanied." Other translations say, "followed." I know the Greek experts probably have a reason some translated it, "followed," but, "accompanied," sounds more "friendship" to me.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, accompany means, "go somewhere with someone as a companion or escort," or, "be present or occur at the same time as (something else.)" Regardless of my theologian gene (or whatever one may call it), for me it is quite wonderful and comforting that wherever I go, "the same spiritual food and...drink...that accompanied them," accompanies you and me 24/7, our Glorious King and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for your indwelling accompaniment. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
