So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
Parallel translations
- WEB So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- KJV So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
- BSB but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- NKJV So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- NLT So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.
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Quick answer
Persuaded by the lie, the man of God returns and eats and drinks. He disobeys God's explicit command.
Overview
Against the clear word he had twice affirmed, the man of God yields to the deception and shares the meal. His failure shows how easily a true servant can be drawn aside by a plausible falsehood. The incident underscores the necessity of holding fast to God's revealed word over persuasive human claims.
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Cross-references · 8
- Deut 13:1If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
- Deut 18:20But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”
- 1 Kgs 13:9for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’”
- Gen 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
- 2 Pet 2:18–19For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
- Deut 13:5That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
- Deut 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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