'Soldiers' in the Bible

For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into headquarters and gathered the whole company around Him.

“You have a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

After the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters) and called the whole company together.

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

The soldiers also mocked Him. They came offering Him sour wine

So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish temple police arrested Jesus and tied Him up.

The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple robe around Him.

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” They did this to fulfill the Scripture that says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. And this is what the soldiers did.

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

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

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.