Soldiers
28 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- Come to John
- Cowards Excused from Duty As
- Crucified Jesus
- Dressed in Scarlet
- Guard Prisoners
- Guard the Gravesite of Jesus
- Jesus Called Captain of Our Salvation
- Levies of, in the Ratio of One Man to Ten Subject to Duty
- Maintain the Peace
- Military Enrollment of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai
- Mock Jesus
- Officers Concerned in the Betrayal of Jesus
- On the Plains of Moab
- Others Exempt from Service
- Perform Escort Duty
- Their Duty As Sentinels
Come to John
- Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
Cowards Excused from Duty As
- Deuteronomy 20:8 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
- Judges 7:3 Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
Crucified Jesus
- Matthew 27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Matthew 27:31–37 After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. …
- Mark 15:16–24 Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together. …
- John 19:23–24 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. …
Dressed in Scarlet
- Nahum 2:3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Guard Prisoners
- Acts 12:4–6 He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. …
- Acts 28:16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Guard the Gravesite of Jesus
- Matthew 27:65 “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
- Matthew 28:11–15 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. …
Jesus Called Captain of Our Salvation
- Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Levies of, in the Ratio of One Man to Ten Subject to Duty
- Judges 20:10 We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to …
Maintain the Peace
- Acts 21:31–35 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil. …
Military Enrollment of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai
- Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
- Numbers 2:1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Mock Jesus
- Matthew 27:27–31 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him. …
- Mark 15:16–20 Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together. …
- Luke 23:11 And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
- Luke 23:36–37 The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. …
Officers Concerned in the Betrayal of Jesus
- Luke 22:4 And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
On the Plains of Moab
- Numbers 26:1 After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
Others Exempt from Service
- Deuteronomy 20:5–9 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it. …
- Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Perform Escort Duty
- Acts 21:31–33 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil. …
- Acts 21:35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
- Acts 22:24–28 the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him. …
- Acts 23:23 Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
- Acts 23:31–33 So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris. …
- Acts 27:1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Acts 27:31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- Acts 27:42–43 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom. …
- Acts 28:16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Their Duty As Sentinels
- Acts 12:19 After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.