0116 what steelers?

I attended the second service at SBCC today. Pastor Ken has been covering many of the Old Testament stories that we heard about when we were growing up. This weekend, his message was focused on the story of Jonah, who was swallowed by the huge fish. The book of Jonah covers the story.

He recited the story, verse-by-verse, as it appears in the Bible.

In Jonah 1:5 it reads "All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep." He recited the verse as it was written. But when he repeated the verse, to emphasize a point in his message, he said "steelers" instead of "sailors".

I thought to myself, "Steelers? What steelers?" Then I remembered that Pastor Ken is a Pittsburgh fan and his team is playing in the Super Bowl in a few weekends.