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.
Peter The Apostle
PersonDirect 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.
- FactGospels receive a sword-stroke at the arrest; Peter is named in John as the striker, a violent act not a later papal key
- weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 20 March 30 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.5)
Observed
69M people (stock, end-of-year) · 28M above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2023–2025: rose from 68M people (stock, end-of-year) to 69M people (stock, end-of-year).
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.New Advent — John 19 crucifixion English as later carrierNew Advent · High credibility · verified
- 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.
- ActorPeter The Apostle
- 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
- weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
- 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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