'Soldiers' in the Bible

Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.

For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does [it]."

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's residence [and] gathered the whole cohort to him.

Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make [it] as secure as you know how."

So they went with the guard of soldiers [and] made the tomb secure [by] sealing the stone.

And [while] they were going, behold, some of the guard of soldiers went into the city [and] reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,

So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort.

For I also am a man placed under authority, who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does [it]."

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win

And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and placed [it] on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares--for each soldier a share--and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top {in a single piece}.)

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, [to see] whose it will be," so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." Thus the soldiers did these [things].

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.

[After he] had arrested {him}, he also put [him] in prison, handing [him] over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him {out for public trial} after the Passover.

Now when Herod was about to bring him [out], on that [very] night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were watching the prison.

Now [when] day came, there was not a little commotion among the soldiers [as to] what then had become of Peter.

{He} immediately took along soldiers and centurions [and] ran down to them. And [when] they saw the military tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,

And he summoned two of the centurions [and] said, "Make ready from the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, in order that they may proceed as far as Caesarea.

Therefore the soldiers, in accordance with {their orders}, took Paul [and] brought [him] to Antipatris during the night.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these [men] remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!"

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.

Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape [by] swimming away,