Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (1 Corinthians 14:26), give place to him who at the assembly is moved to prophesy by a sudden revelation from the Spirit.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 14:26
1 Corinthians 14:31
1 Corinthians 14:40
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