Revelation 21:15

21:15 The angel ¹  who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

Revelation 8:3

8:3 Another ²  angel holding ³  a golden censer ⁴  came and was stationed ⁵  at the altar. A ⁶  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.

[21:15]  ¹ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:3]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:3]  ³ tn Grk “having.”

[8:3]  ⁴ sn A golden censer was a bowl in which incense was burned. The imagery suggests the OT role of the priest.

[8:3]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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.