From Nave’s Topical Bible
Soldiers
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 38Passages listed
- 13Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Military enrollment of Israel in the wilderness of SinaiNumbers 1Numbers 2
- On the plains of MoabNumbers 26
- Levies of, in the ratio of one man to ten subject to dutyJudges 20:10
- Dressed in scarletNahum 2:3
- Cowards excused from duty asDeuteronomy 20:8Judges 7:3
- Others exempt from serviceDeuteronomy 20:5–9Deuteronomy 24:5
- Come to JohnLuke 3:14
- Mock JesusMatthew 27:27–31Mark 15:16–20Luke 23:11Luke 23:36Luke 23:37
- Officers concerned in the betrayal of JesusLuke 22:4
- Crucified JesusMatthew 27:27Matthew 27:31–37Mark 15:16–24John 19:23John 19:24
- Guard the gravesite of JesusMatthew 27:65Matthew 28:11–15
- Guard prisonersActs 12:4–6Acts 28:16
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- Maintain the peaceActs 21:31–35
- Their duty as sentinelsActs 12:19
- Perform escort dutyActs 21:31–33Acts 21:35Acts 22:24–28Acts 23:23Acts 23:31–33Acts 27:1Acts 27:31Acts 27:42Acts 27:43Acts 28:16
- FIGURATIVE
- Of the divine protectionIsaiah 59:16Isaiah 59:17
- Of the ChristianEphesians 6:11–172 Timothy 2:3
- Jesus called CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATIONHebrews 2:10
- See Armies
The passages, in Bible order (38)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 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:
Commentary on Numbers 1:11 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 2:1
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Commentary on Numbers 2:11 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... Very probably after the number of the children of Israel was taken, of which in the preceding chapter, and when the congregation of Israel with the tabernacle were about to set forward on their journey; and therefore directions are here given for their orderly and regular proceeding in it, in what form and manner they should both encamp and march: saying: as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 26:1
After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
Commentary on Numbers 26:12 voices
And it came to pass after the plague,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
After the plague - These words serve to show approximately the date at which the census was taken, and intimate the reason for the great decrease in numbers which was found to have taken place in certain tribes. Compare Deu 4:3 and Num 26:5 note in this chapter.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:5–91 voice
Again, the law in its humanity says that if a man has built a new house but has not yet moved in, or laid out a new vineyard but has not yet enjoyed the fruit, or become betrothed to a girl but has not yet married her, he is to be excused military service. This makes military sense, since we would be unenthusiastic in our military service if we were being pulled in the direction of the things we longed for. People expose themselves to danger without a second thought only if they are free in relation to natural impulses.
Clement of Alexandria· The Stromata Book 2, 215Patristic
- 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.”
Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:81 voice
And the officers shall speak further unto the people,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:51 voice
When a man hath taken a new wife,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 7:3
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
Commentary on Judges 7:31 voice
Does not the leader of our army, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, call out now to his soldiers and say, Whoever is "fearful and anxious of heart," let him not come to war with me? For this is also what he says in the Gospels in other words but with the same meaning: "Whoever does not take his own cross and come after me is not worthy of me," and again: "Whoever does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON JUDGES 9.1, 253Patristic
- 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 punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Commentary on Judges 20:101 voice
And we will take ten men of an hundred, throughout all the tribes of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Isaiah 59:16
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Commentary on Isaiah 59:161 voice
(Verse 16, 17.) And the Lord saw, and evil appeared in his eyes: because there is no justice, and he saw that there is no man, and he was astonished, because there is no one to oppose. And his own arm will save him: and his righteousness itself will strengthen him. He is clothed with righteousness as with a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head. He is clothed with garments of vengeance, and covered with a cloak of zeal.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
Commentary on Isaiah 59:172 voices
(Verse 16, 17.) And the Lord saw, and evil appeared in his eyes: because there is no justice, and he saw that there is no man, and he was astonished, because there is no one to oppose. And his own arm will save him: and his righteousness itself will strengthen him. He is clothed with righteousness as with a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head. He is clothed with garments of vengeance, and covered with a cloak of zeal.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
But God has strengthened him with his arm and righteousness, and confirmed him with mercy, so that those who desire to turn from error may be saved not by their own merit, but by God's mercy. Finally, he has put on the armor of righteousness, and the helmet of salvation, and the garments of vengeance, and has wrapped himself in the cloak of zeal. Thus, armed, he has gone forth to battle, to exact vengeance upon his enemies. Without a doubt, this signifies the Jews, who persist in blasphemies, and the Roman army surrounding their enemies.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Nahum 2:31 voice
(Verse 3 and following) The shield of the strong is ablaze, the men of the army in scarlet; the fiery chariots are on the day of its preparation; and the drivers are asleep, they are disturbed on the journey, the chariots collide in the streets. Their appearance is like torches, like lightning running to and fro. They will remember their mighty men, they will rush on their way, they will quickly climb its walls, and the shelter will be prepared.
Jerome· Commentary on Nahum, 420Patristic
- Matthew 27:27–31
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
Commentary on Matthew 27:27–311 voice
He had been styled King of the Jews, and the Scribes and Priests had brought this charge against Him, that He claimed sovereignty over the Jewish nation; hence this mockery of the soldiers, taking away His own garments, they put on Him a scarlet cloak to represent that purple fringe which kings of old used to wear, for the diadem they put on Him a crown of thorns, and for the regal sceptre give Him a reed, and perform adoration to Him as to a king. All these things we may understand mystically.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Matthew 27:31–371 voice
It is to be noted, that when Jesus is scourged and spit upon, He has not on His own garments, but those which He took for our sins; but when He is crucified, and the show of His mockery is completed, then He takes again His former garments, and His own dress, and immediately the elements are shaken, and the creature gives testimony to the Creator.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 27:65
“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
Commentary on Matthew 27:652 voices
(Verse 64 and following) Therefore, command that the tomb be guarded until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
Pilate's answer to their request is as much as to say, Be it enough for you that ye have conspired the death of an innocent man, henceforth let your error remain with you.
Rabanus Maurus· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 856Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Matthew 28:11–151 voice
The concealment of the Resurrection, and the false allegation of theft, is purchased by money; because by the honour of this world, which consists in money and desire, Christ's glory is denied.
Hilary of Poitiers· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 367Patristic
- Mark 15:16–20
Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
Commentary on Mark 15:16–201 voice
The military class, always finding consolation in acts of violence and insult, now too displayed its customary character. For if the Jews, who had heard so many teachings from Christ and had received from Him so often and so many benefactions, inflicted upon Him so …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Mark, 1107Patristic