From 9e529097615aaa02d61efd83b732d4441760d912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Belcher Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 11:04:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'bible/other/olive.md' --- bible/other/olive.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/other/olive.md b/bible/other/olive.md index 98f4cea3..7e6c84fa 100644 --- a/bible/other/olive.md +++ b/bible/other/olive.md @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ The olive is the small, oval fruit from an olive tree, which is mostly grown in the regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. * Olive trees are a type of large evergreen shrub with tiny white flowers. They grow best in hot weather and can survive well with little water. -* The olive tree's fruit is green in color, changing to black as they ripen. Olives were used for eating and extracting oil. -* Olive oil was used for cooking, for lighting lamps, and for religious ceremonies. +* The olive tree's fruit starts out green and changes to black as they ripen. Olives were useful for food and for the oil that could be extracted from them. +* Olive oil was used for cooking in lamps and for religious ceremonies. * In the Bible, olive trees and branches are sometimes used figuratively to refer to people. (See also: [lamp](../other/lamp.md), [the sea](../other/mediterranean.md), [Mount of Olives](../other/mountofolives.md))