'Soldiers' in the Bible

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with them to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

And having assembled with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

And the soldiers led him away into the court which is called the praetorium, and they call together the whole band.

For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar,

And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothes, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and the body-coat; but the body-coat was seamless, woven through the whole from the top.

They said therefore to one another, Let us not rend it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says, They parted my garments among themselves, and on my vesture they cast lots. The soldiers therefore did these things.

The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;

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

whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.

And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall.

And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.