<head>Delight at Peraea</head>The inhabitants of Peraea were like slaves unexpectedly<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note43">Joy of the people of Peraea at the Roman decree emancipating them from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>.</note><pb n="424" />released from chains, who are scarcely able to believe their present good fortune, thinking it a change almost too great to be natural; and cannot believe that those they meet can understand or fully see that they are really released, unless they do something strange and out of the ordinary course. . . .<pb />
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