Taketh (ειληφεν). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of λαμβανω as in 5:7, "has taken." The angel had apparently ]aid aside …

And the angel took the censer (Revelation 8:3). This is a new symbol, designed to furnish a new representation of future event…

And the angel . . .—This can be translated: And the angel has taken (or, took) the censer, and he filled it from the fire of t…

The censer or firepan is now used to take some of the burning coals from the altar and cast them to the earth. Symbolically, this represents the an…

And the angel took the censer
The golden one before mentioned, the use of which was to take and carry in it burning …

The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a time; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries ou…