Discovery BoxRevelation 8:3 
Context8:3 Another 1 angel holding 2 a golden censer 3 came and was stationed 4 at the altar. A 5 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.
Revelation 8:1
Context8:1 Now 6 when the Lamb 7 opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Grk “having.”
3 sn A golden censer was a bowl in which incense was burned. The imagery suggests the OT role of the priest.
4 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.
5 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.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the resumption of the topic of the seals.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the Lamb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
