Revelation 8:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

Revelation 8:4 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Luke 1:10
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Exodus 30:1
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Topics

Angel (a Spirit)Incense Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena Odor Sweet Incense

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

In these verses we have the prelude to the sounding of the trumpets in several parts. I. The opening of the last seal. This was to introduce a new set of prophetical iconisms and events; there is a continued chain of providence, one part linked to another (where one ends another begins), and, though they may differ in nature and in time, they all make up one wise, well-connected, uniform design in…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. the smoke ... which came with the prayers ... ascended up--rather, “the smoke of the incense FOR (or ‘given TO’: ‘given’ being understood from Re 8:3) the prayers of the saints ascended up, out of the angel’s hand, in the presence of Gods” The angel merely burns the incense given him by Christ the High Priest, so that its smoke blends with the ascending prayers of the saints. The saints themsel…