'Governors' in the Bible

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.

And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;

"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.