Revelation 8:4 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 8:4

And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

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ASV

And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

KJV

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The smoke of the incense - with the prayers - Though incense itself be an emblem of the prayers of the saints, Psa 141:2; yet here they are said to ascend before God, as well as the incense. It is not said that the angel presents these prayers. He presents the incense, and the prayers ascend With it. The ascending of the incense shows that the prayers and offering were accepted.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3282: “Preparing for the Week of Prayer” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1911)

I SUPPOSE that there will be very little doubt among you that the "Angel" mentioned here was either our Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, or a special angelic messenger sent to represent Him. You remember that under the Mosaic dispensation, there was to be an altar of shittim wood, overlaid with pure gold, and that Aaron was to burn sweet incense thereon every morning and every evening.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀνέβη	anebē	went up	G305 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
καπνὸς	kapnos	smoke	G2586 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
θυμιαμάτων	thumiamatōn	incense	G2368 →
ταῖς	tais	with the	G3588 →
προσευχαῖς	proseuchais	prayers	G4335 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἁγίων	hagiōn	saints	G40 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
χειρὸς	cheiros	[the] hand	G5495 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀγγέλου	angelou	angel	G32 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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
Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
leads to
- Revelation 5:8
  When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 1:11
  For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 8:3–4
  Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- 1 Timothy 2:8
  Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Daniel 9:21
  while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Through
Exodus 30:1
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
leads to
- Revelation 8:3
  Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 8:3
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
leads to
- Psalms 141:2
  May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Luke 1:10
  And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Revelation

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Where the connections lead

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About Revelation