Revelation 8:4

8:4 The ¹  smoke coming from the incense, ²  along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

Revelation 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ³  before the Lamb. Each ⁴  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ⁵ 

Revelation 8:3

8:3 Another ⁶  angel holding ⁷  a golden censer ⁸  came and was stationed ⁹  at the altar. A ¹⁰  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.

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

² tn The expression τῶν θυμιαμάτων (twn qumiamatwn) is taken as a “genitive of producer,” i.e., the noun in the genitive produces the head noun.

³ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁵ sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁶ tn Grk “having.”

⁷ sn A golden censer was a bowl in which incense was burned. The imagery suggests the OT role of the priest.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.