1 Corinthians 14:30 BSB

1 Corinthians 14:30

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Be revealed to another that sitteth by - Probably those who were teachers sat on a particular seat, or place, from which they might most readily address the people; and this may be the meaning of sitting by. If such a person could say, I have just received a particular revelation from God, then let him have the liberty immediately to speak it; as it might possibly relate to the circumstances of that time and place.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Indeed, it is by many understood that the former speaker should immediately hold his peace. But this seems unnatural, and not so well to agree with the context. For why must one that was speaking by inspiration be immediately silent upon another man's being inspired, and suppress what was dictated to him by the same Spirit?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

If any thing--Translate, "But if any thing." another that sitteth by--a hearer. let the first hold his peace--Let him who heretofore spoke, and who came to the assembly furnished with a previous ordinary (in those times) revelation from God (1Co 14:26), give place to him who at the assembly is moved to prophesy by a sudden revelation from the Spirit.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	If	G1437 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἄλλῳ	allō	to another	G243 →
ἀποκαλυφθῇ	apokaluphthēa	a revelation shall be made	G601 →
καθημένῳ,	kathēmenō	sitting by,	G2521 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πρῶτος	prōtos	first	G4413 →
σιγάτω.	sigatō	should be silent.	G4601 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 14:26
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…
leads to
- Ephesians 5:19
  Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- 1 Corinthians 12:7–10
  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
- Romans 14:19
  So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- Ephesians 4:16
  From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
Through
Job 32:11
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
leads to
- Job 29:23
  They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
- Job 29:21
  Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
- Proverbs 18:17
  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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