From 2ad41f727c3ad6c27e2671894a54c2f34715c680 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:10:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Corrected "sea anchor" note --- act/27/17.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/act/27/17.md b/act/27/17.md index 8e0866bb54..b79a6cd186 100644 --- a/act/27/17.md +++ b/act/27/17.md @@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ Sandbars are very shallow areas in the sea where ships can get stuck in the sand # they lowered the sea anchor -They put the ship's anchor in the water so that the wind could not blow the ship along as fast as it could with the anchor up. - -# anchor - -An anchor is a heavy object attached to a rope that is secured to a ship. It is tossed into the water and sinks to the bottom of the sea so the ship will not drift about. See how you translated this in [Acts 27:13](../27/13.md). +A sea anchor is something that is towed in the water behind a ship to slow the ship down and make it more stable. It may be a large cloth or a stiff board. Alternate translation: "they let the floating anchor down into the water" # were driven along