'Governors' in the Bible

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

'And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;