16 Bible Verses about Governors

Just at this time an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for the registration of the whole Empire. It was the first registration made during the governorship of Quirinius in Syria;

and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor.

"And if this," they added, "is reported to the Governor, we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment."

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judaea, Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.

So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.

He further told them to provide horses to mount Paul on, so as to bring him safely to Felix the Governor.

Five days after this, Ananias the High Priest came down to Caesarea with a number of Elders and a pleader called Tertullus. They stated to the Governor the case against Paul.

So the King rose, and the Governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them; and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment." And Agrippa said to Festus, "He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar."

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,

and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.

At the same time he hoped that Paul would give him money; and for this reason he sent for him the oftener to converse with him.