Noun hypēretēs (guard, servant, assistant) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

5: 25Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard (hypēretēs), and you will be thrown into prison.
26: 58But Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and going inside, he sat with the guards (hypēretēs) in order to see how this would end.

Mark

14: 54Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the guards (hypēretēs), warming himself at the fire.
14: 65Some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" The guards (hypēretēs) also took him over and beat him.

Luke

1: 2just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants (hypēretēs) of the word,
4: 20And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the servant (hypēretēs), and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

John

7: 32The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple guards (hypēretēs) to arrest him.
7: 45Then the temple guards (hypēretēs) went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why did you not arrest him?"
7: 46The guards (hypēretēs) answered, "Never has anyone spoken like this!"
18: 3So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with guards (hypēretēs) from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18: 12So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish guards (hypēretēs) arrested Jesus and bound him.
18: 18Now the slaves and the guards (hypēretēs) had made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it and warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself.
18: 22When he had said this, one of the guards (hypēretēs) standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
18: 36Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my guards (hypēretēs) would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
19: 6When the chief priests and the guards (hypēretēs) saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him."

Acts

5: 22But when the temple guards (hypēretēs) went there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported,
5: 26Then the captain went with the temple guards (hypēretēs) and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
13: 5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as an assistant (hypēretēs).
26: 16But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to be a servant (hypēretēs) and a witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.