Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Was filled with smoke (egemisqh kapnou). First aorist passive indicative of gemizw (from gemw), to fill full, and with the genitive kapnou (smoke). Smoke is here the symbol of God's presence (Exodus 19:18; Isaiah 6:5).
Till should be finished (axri telesqwsin). Temporal clause for future time with axri (equal to ewv in import) and the first aorist passive subjunctive of telew, a metaphorical and symbolic "smoke screen" to keep all out of the sanctuary for the time being.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 15:8:
Luke 10:30
Revelation 2:25
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 8:4
Revelation 9:18
Revelation 16:1
Revelation 17:17
Revelation 20:3
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