1 Reyes 13:18

18 El anciano replicó:—También yo soy profeta, como tú. Y un ángel, obedeciendo la palabra del SEÑOR, me dijo: “Llévalo a tu casa para que coma pan y beba agua”.Así lo engañó,

1 Reyes 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:18

And he said unto him
That is, the old prophet said to the man of God: I am a prophet also as thou art;
meaning, that he was a prophet of the true God, and not of any idol deity; that he not only believed in him, and was a worshipper of him, but had revelations from him, and of the same things this man of God had, and that he believed that what he had prophesied of would certainly come to pass: and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the Lord;
was sent and dispatched by the order of the Lord with the following message: saying, bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat
bread and drink water;
and so be refreshed, and be fit to proceed on in his journey: [but] he lied unto him;
no messenger nor message being sent to him by the Lord, but was wholly a device and stratagem of his own to persuade the man of God to return with him, that he might have his company and conversation.

1 Reyes 13:18 In-Context

16 —No puedo volver contigo ni acompañarte —respondió el hombre de Dios—; tampoco puedo comer pan ni beber agua contigo en este lugar,

17 pues el SEÑOR me ha dado esta orden: “No comas pan ni bebas agua allí, ni regreses por el mismo camino”.

18 El anciano replicó:—También yo soy profeta, como tú. Y un ángel, obedeciendo la palabra del SEÑOR, me dijo: “Llévalo a tu casa para que coma pan y beba agua”.Así lo engañó,

19 y el hombre de Dios volvió con él, y comió y bebió en su casa.

20 Mientras estaban sentados a la mesa, la palabra del SEÑOR vino al profeta que lo había hecho volver.