Revelation 8:2-6

8:2 Then ¹  I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 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. 8:4 The ⁷  smoke coming from the incense, ⁸  along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 8:5 Then ⁹  the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, ¹⁰  flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

8:6 Now ¹¹  the seven angels holding ¹²  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

Revelation 8:12

8:12 Then ¹³  the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day ¹⁴  and for a third of the night likewise.

Revelation 9:1

9:1 Then ¹⁵  the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky ¹⁶  to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. ¹⁷ 

Revelation 9:13

9:13 Then ¹⁸  the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the ¹⁹  horns on the golden altar that is before God,

Revelation 10:7

10:7 But in the days ²⁰  when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, ²¹  just as he has ²²  proclaimed to his servants ²³  the prophets.”

[8:2]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[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.

[8:4]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:4]  ⁸ 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.

[8:5]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[8:6]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[8:6]  ¹² tn Grk “having.”

[8:12]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:12]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”

[9:1]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[9:1]  ¹⁷ tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”

[9:13]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:13]  ¹⁹ tc ‡ Several key mss (Ì⁴⁷ א¹ A 0207 1611 2053 2344 pc lat sy^h co) lack the word τεσσάρων (tessarwn, “four”) before κεράτων (keratwn, “horns”). The word seems to have been added by scribes because a “horned” altar (described in the OT [Exod 30:2, 10]) could have only four “horns” or projections at the corners. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[10:7]  ²⁰ tn Grk “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.”

[10:7]  ²¹ tn The aorist ἐτελέσθη (etelesqh) has been translated as a proleptic (futuristic) aorist (ExSyn 564 cites this verse as an example).

[10:7]  ²² tn The time of the action described by the aorist εὐηγγέλισεν (euhngelisen) seems to be past with respect to the aorist passive ἐτελέσθη (etelesqh). This does not require that the prophets in view here be OT prophets. They may actually refer to the martyrs in the church (so G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 129).

[10:7]  ²³ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.