στρατιώτης

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

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.

So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

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.

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

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.

So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.