SAINT PETER CUTS OF MALCHUS'S EAR St John's Gospel, 18: 10

Pondering on Saint Nicholas and the blow he (literally) struck for the Truth, I've had just a thought: Jesus must have known that Peter was armed. According to at least one commentary, carrying weapons was prohibited on feast days.

If the Jews of the Old Testament had been pacifist, they would probably have either lost their identity or been exterminated long before the Incarnation.

So would there have been an Incarnation?

Are we so sure that force and violence are always wrong? They seem to have worked in Salvation History.