1 Corinthians 14:30

30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.

1 Corinthians 14:30 in Other Translations

30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.

30 But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop.

30 Take your turn, no one person taking over.

30 But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

30 If God reveals something to another person who is seated, the first speaker should be silent.

30 But if something has been revealed to another person sitting there, the first prophet should be silent.

30 What if a message from God comes to someone else who is sitting there? Then the one who is speaking should stop.

1 Corinthians 14:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:30

If anything be revealed to another that sitteth by
To another prophet that sits, and hears, and tries, and judges what he hears; if he has a clearer revelation made to him of what the other is speaking of, and has a more distinct knowledge of it, and is capable of removing any difficulty that attends it, and of expressing it more plainly, and of proving it more largely, and of setting it in an easier light to the understandings of men:

let the first hold his peace;
be that was speaking, upon such an intimation being made to him, let him stop, and give way to him that has the revelation, that the church may receive the benefit of it: hence it may be observed, that the custom of the primitive churches was to hear the word sitting, and the prophet or preacher stood, or sat, as he thought fit; (See Gill on Matthew 5:1), and that sometimes a revelation was made, and light conveyed to these prophets in a very sudden and extraordinary manner, when it was proper that it should be at once communicated for the good of the whole society: but this is to be understood only of those prophets or preachers, not of the common people; for it must not be thought that any that rose up, and pretended to a revelation, might be indulged to deliver it, and the speaker give way to him, which might be attended with much confusion, and many bad consequences; but only such who were known to have gifts, and who at certain times had peculiar revelations made unto them.

1 Corinthians 14:30 In-Context

28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.

31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.