'Soldiers' in the Bible

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him."

For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."

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

Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;

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

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."

"This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.