And the old prophet said unto him, "I am a prophet as well as thou, and an Angel spake unto me with the word of the LORD saying, 'Bring him again with thee to thine house, and let him eat bread and drink water.' Bvt he lied unto him.

Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits:

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: