# Didache 11.9

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:326; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/11/9/

Summary: A prophet who orders a meal “in the Spirit” and eats it is false.

## Greek text

καὶ πᾶς προφήτης ὁρίζων τράπεζαν ἐν πνεύματι οὐ φάγεται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, εἰ δὲ μήγε ψευδοπροφήτης ἐστί.

## English translation (Claude)

And no prophet who orders a meal in the Spirit shall eat from it; if he does, he is a false prophet.

## Translation notes

- “Orders a meal” (ὁρίζων τράπεζαν): perhaps a meal for the poor, called for in ecstatic speech.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 11.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/11/9/).