Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 13:18

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art, and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. But he lied unto him .

Not with evil design against him, but out of curiosity, to know all the truth and circumstances from his own mouth, and to express his kindness to him, and to relieve his pressing hunger; whereby possibly he thought to please God, and to compensate for his miscarriages. But his sin was great; for he did not onely tell a premeditated lye, but also made God a lyar, and to contradict himself, and all this without any pretence of necessity, or benefit to himself.