TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments
soldiers
Scripture addresses soldiers within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.
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Sub-Topics
Overview
What does the Bible say about soldiers? Browse 9 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
Topical Index
19 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
Military enrollment of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai
Numbers 1Numbers 2
On the plains of Moab
Numbers 26
Levies of, in the ratio of one man to ten subject to duty
Judges 20:10
Dressed in scarlet
Nahum 2:3
Cowards excused from duty as
Deuteronomy 20:8Judges 7:3
Others exempt from service
Deuteronomy 20:5-9Deuteronomy 24:5
Come to John
Luke 3:14
Mock Jesus
Matthew 27:27-31Mark 15:16-20Luke 23:11,36,37
Officers concerned in the betrayal of Jesus
Luke 22:4
Crucified Jesus
Matthew 27:27,31-37Mark 15:16-24John 19:23,24
Guard the gravesite of Jesus
Matthew 27:65Matthew 28:11-15
Guard prisoners
Acts 12:4-6Acts 28:16
Maintain the peace
Acts 21:31-35
Their duty as sentinels
Acts 12:19
Perform escort duty
Acts 21:31-33,35Acts 22:24-28Acts 23:23,31-33Acts 27:1,31,42,43Acts 28:16
FIGURATIVE
Of the divine protection
Isaiah 59:16,17
Of the Christian
Ephesians 6:11-172 Timothy 2:3
Jesus called CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION
Hebrews 2:10
Key Verses
1
Numbers 1
Military enrollment of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai
2
Numbers 26
On the plains of Moab
3
Judges 20:10
Levies of, in the ratio of one man to ten subject to duty
4
Nahum 2:3
Dressed in scarlet
5
Deuteronomy 20:8
Cowards excused from duty as
6
Deuteronomy 20:5-9
Others exempt from service
7
Luke 3:14
Come to John
8
Matthew 27:27-31
Mock Jesus
9
Luke 22:4
Officers concerned in the betrayal of Jesus
10
Matthew 27:27,31-37
Crucified Jesus