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Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key

Gospels later tell a sword-stroke at the arrest. The instrument is received violence, not a later key-and-tiara emblem. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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Gospels later tell a sword-stroke at the arrest. John names Peter as the striker. The instrument is received violence, not a later key-and-tiara emblem. Saint Peter's documented role is: John names Peter cutting the high priest's servant. Synoptics tell a sword without always naming him. Medium confidence on the name; the violence is received.

Context

Malchus is named in John as the wounded servant. Sharing that named victim is required. The denial is a neighbouring failure, not this wound. The setting of Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key is the public file around 0030-03-20. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key. Naming Saint Peter does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0030-03-20 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key on 0030-03-20. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    John names Peter cutting the high priest's servant. Synoptics tell a sword without always naming him. Medium confidence on the name; the violence is received.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.New Advent — John 19 crucifixion English as later carrierNew Advent · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.New Advent — Mark 6 hometown identification as later EnglishNew Advent · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — John 18 sword scene as later English at https://www.newadvent.org/bible/joh001.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Independent locator: New Advent — Mark arrest sword as a different later English at https://www.newadvent.org/bible/mar001.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Official carrier: New Advent — John 18 sword scene as later English (https://www.newadvent.org/bible/joh001.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent). Independent carrier: New Advent — Mark arrest sword as a different later English (https://www.newadvent.org/bible/mar001.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent).

Established: a sourced public record of Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key under 0030-03-20 for Saint Peter. Established: a sourced public record of Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key under 0030-03-20.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPeter The Apostle
  2. contributed toFactGospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Gospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-gethsemane-sword

https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-gethsemane-sword

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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