A SWORD, a short blade — the ordinary New Testament word, in twenty-six passages: what Peter draws in the garden, what the word of God is sharper than (Hebrews 4:12), what the magistrate does not bear in vain (Romans 13:4). ⚠ Worth knowing mainly to see what Luke 2:35 is not: Simeon says rhomphaia, the long two-handed weapon, which the New Testament otherwise reserves for Revelation. → first discussed at Luke 2:35