'Governor' in the Bible
and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, 'Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, 'Thou sayest.'
And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.
And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,
and the governor answering said to them, 'Which of the two will ye that I shall release to you?' And they said, 'Barabbas.'
And the governor said, 'Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, 'Let be crucified.'
then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'
this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --
And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --
And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,
and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.
beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'
'Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:
those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.
And the governor having read it, and inquired of what province he is, and understood that he is from Cilicia;
And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor the things against Paul;
And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- 'Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;
And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,