'Guarding' in the Bible

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,