"And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that h…" — Revelation 8:3

Revelation 8:3 · KJV

“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. {offer...: or, add it to the prayers}”

— Revelation 8:3

Verse 2

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

Verse 4

And 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 — Context

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

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. {offer...: or, add it to the prayers}

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

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast {it} into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. {into: or, upon}

Cross References

Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four {and} twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. {odours: or, incense}

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee {as} incense; {and} the lifting up of my hands {as} the evening sacrifice. {set...: Heb. directed}

Revelation 8:4

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

Luke 1:10

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name {shall be} great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense {shall be} offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name {shall be} great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

Revelation 9:13

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Exodus 37:25-26

And he made the incense altar {of} shittim wood: the length of it {was} a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; {it was} foursquare; and two cubits {was} the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

Numbers 16:46-47

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.