Lexicon :: Strong's G4757 - stratiōtēs

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

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company[fn] around him.

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

The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called the whole company together.

“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 servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

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

The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe.

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.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.

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.

When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night 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 had 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 violence of the crowd,

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.[fn]

So 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.”

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

When we entered Rome,[fn] Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.