Wahyu 8:3

8:3 Another ¹  angel holding ²  a golden censer ³  came and was stationed ⁴  at the altar. A ⁵  large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne.

Wahyu 8:1

The Seventh Seal

8:1 Now ⁶  when the Lamb ⁷  opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

[8:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:3]  ² tn Grk “having.”

[8:3]  ³ sn A golden censer was a bowl in which incense was burned. The imagery suggests the OT role of the priest.

[8:3]  ⁴ tn The verb “to station” was used to translate ἑστάθη (Jestaqh) because it connotes the idea of purposeful arrangement in English, which seems to be the idea in the Greek.

[8:3]  ⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the resumption of the topic of the seals.

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the Lamb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.