1 Kings 13:17

17 I'm under strict orders from God: 'Don't eat a crumb; don't drink a drop; and don't come back the way you came.'"

1 Kings 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:17

For it was said to me by the word of the Lord
By the angel that was sent to him, who gave him his message and instructions; which he was persuaded came from the Lord himself, and therefore looked upon himself under obligation to regard them as such:

thou shall eat no bread
the same that he observed to the king, ( 1 Kings 13:9 ) .

1 Kings 13:17 In-Context

15 "Well, come home with me and have a meal."

16 "Sorry, I can't do that," the holy man said. "I can neither go back with you nor eat with you in this country.

17 I'm under strict orders from God: 'Don't eat a crumb; don't drink a drop; and don't come back the way you came.'"

18 But he said, "I am also a prophet, just like you. And an angel came to me with a message from God: 'Bring him home with you, and give him a good meal!'" But the man was lying.

19 So the holy man went home with him and they had a meal together.