βρονταὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ�. With אB2. Text. Rec[289] reads φωναὶ καὶ βρ. καὶ�.; A cop[290] syr[291] read βρ. καὶ�. καὶ φωναί.

[289] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
[290] Coptic.
[291] Syriac.

5. εἴληφεν. See on Revelation 5:7 for tense. As the Angel has the censer already we cannot refer to the common formula of the LXX. e.g. Leviticus 8:2, λάβε Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς στολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως καὶ τὸν μόσχον τὸν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ τοὺς δύο κριοὺς, καὶ τὸ κανοῦν τῶν�, and it is a little difficult to suppose that the censer is laid down after the incense from it has been emptied upon the Altar.

ἔβαλεν. Probably cast the censer full of burning coals, but possibly only “scattered the fire,” as Numbers 16:37. The meaning must be, to represent the same instrument as obtaining God’s mercy on His people, and executing His vengeance on His enemies: cf. Ezekiel 10:2.

βρονταὶ καὶ φωναί. We have similar signs in Revelation 11:19; Revelation 16:18, when the series of the Seven Trumpets and the Seven Vials respectively are ended: hence perhaps it is here rather than earlier that we are to look for the conclusion of the visions of the Seven Seals.

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