'Soldiers' in the Bible

So the king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring back John’s head. And he went and had John beheaded in the prison,

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).