Apocalipse 8:3 ARA

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

The Seventh Seal. The Four Trumpets1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period.Revelation 8:2 to Revelation 11:19. The Seven Trumpets.2. The seven angels, regarded in later Jewish belief as having a special position in God’s presence (cp. Tobit 12:15; Luke 1:19), are given seven trumpets, symbols of judgment: cp. Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16. It is best to understand the vision of the trumpets as being the contents of the seventh... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 8:3

(3) And another angel came and stood at (or, over) the altar, having a golden censer. —The appearance of this other angel has given rise to some questioning, and some strained explanations. Some have thought that by this other angel we are to understand Christ Himself. This is very doubtful: the designation “another angel” (see Revelation 7:2) is against this view. There is really no need to ask who the several angels are: the book is symbolical. The angels are not particular personages, but... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 8:1-13

Revelation 8:1 Mr. A. C. Benson writes: 'I think that there are few verses of the Bible that give one a more sudden and startling thrill than the verse at the beginning of the eighth chapter of the Revelation. "And when he had opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." The very simplicity of the words, the homely note of specified time, is in itself deeply impressive. But further, it gives the dim sense of some awful and unseen preparation going... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

CHAPTER VI.THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS.Revelation 8:1-13; Revelation 9:1-21.THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interrupted in order that these two visions might be interposed.Six Seals had been opened in chap. 6; the opening of the seventh follows: - "And when He opened the seventh seal, there followed silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stand before God; and there... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 8:1-5

CHAPTER 8 Revelation 8:1-5 . The silence in heaven when the seventh seal is opened is indicative of the solemn things which are now to come. The scroll is now fully opened and there is an ominous hush as the seven angels prepare to sound their trumpets of judgment. John beholds these seven angels, but before they begin to sound “another angel” is seen standing at the altar. This angel is not a creature, but like the angel of Jehovah in the Old Testament, is our Lord Himself. He is seen as the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 8:3

8:3 {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.(3) This is the great emperor, the Lord Jesus Christ, our King and Saviour, who both makes intercession to God the Father for the saints, filling the heavenly sanctuary with most sweet odour, and offering up their prayers, as the calves and burnt sacrifices of their... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

The Seventh Seal Opened: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to seven angels. The seals have been only the beginning of God's working behind the scenes in reference to judgment. The trumpets indicate a ringing, declared testimony to all the world. The silence first shows the calm, quiet deliberation that will do nothing in undue haste. Also, before the angels... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:2-13

THE SEVEN TRUMPETS We have here another illustration of the law of recurrence, for in these chapters we are going over the ground of the last, though certain features are being added which were not then revealed. In other words, it is still the Tribulation Period. INTRODUCTION (Revelation 8:2-5 ) In the previous lesson the Introduction included the vision of “The Throne, the Lamb and the Book,” while here it is the revelation of the angel and the incense. There is no satisfactory... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 8:3-5

(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. (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. (5) 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... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:3

Stood before the altar, having a golden censer . In the visions is an allusion to the tabernacle and its parts. The altar of perfumes was in the sanctum, hard by the entrance into the sanctum sanctorum [the holy of holies], and here the golden altar is said to be before the throne of God. The incense from the censer is said to be the prayers of all the Saints, which the Angel offered up. The altar seems to signify our Saviour Christ, as the prayers of all the faithful are always made through... read more