'Soldiers' in the Bible

After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Taking along soldiers and centurions, he immediately ran down to them. Seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

When Paul got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the mob’s violence,

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get 200 soldiers ready with 70 cavalry and 200 spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.

Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.