'Governor' in the Bible

They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

At every festival the governor had a custom of releasing to the crowd any prisoner whom they wanted.

So the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?" "Barabbas!" they replied.

If this is reported to the governor, we'll personally persuade him to keep you out of trouble."

This was the first registration taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

Provide a mount for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Governor Felix."

"From: Claudius Lysias To: Governor Felix Greetings, Your Excellency:

When these men came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

Five days later, the high priest Ananias arrived with certain elders and Tertullus, an attorney, and they summarized their case against Paul before the governor.

When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he replied:

Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and those who were sitting with him got up.

The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, owned estates in that part of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us with great hospitality for three days.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me,