Peraea
Americannoun
noun
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But, Martha, my sister, would that the servant, Eli, had wings and were flying toward Peraea.
From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie
It serves as a hint to point out in what the disgrace of Galilee and Peraea consisted.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Like his father, Antipas had a turn for architecture: he rebuilt and fortified the town of Sepphoris in Galilee; he also fortified Betharamptha in Peraea, and called it Julias after the wife of the emperor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Galilee and Peraea were given to another son, Antipas; and a region more to the north to a third, Philip.
From The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion by Stalker, James
No; for He had determined to 'awake him out of sleep' before He left Peraea.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander
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