Soldiers: Perform Escort Duty

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil. …

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

…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. …

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. …

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.

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

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

But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

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