'Governors' in the Bible

You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.