Kindly explain what bearing this question has to your unique, limp-dishrag "allow" translation of Jesus' "forgive" in that Word of the Cross. Or else confess it is a red herring and repent!
LOL...the soldiers did not repent. That wipes out the favored translation...
Sorry you do not like the possibility that they burn in hell ..but odds are unless they repented and believed they do today burn in hell