Quotes about Governor
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
— Acts 24:1
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
— Ezra 6:7
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
— 1 Kings 4:19
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
— Malachi 1:8
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
— Matthew 27:2
Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
— Nehemiah 10:1
This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
— Luke 2:2
It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney - for his family and our country.
— Billy Graham
When the Roman governor Pilate asked Jesus "What is truth?" nearly 2,000 years ago, he didn't wait for Jesus to respond.
— Norman Geisler
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
— 2 Kings 25:23
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
— Nehemiah 7:65
God promises something that has never yet been true of the earthly Jerusalem: "I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler. No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise" (vv. 17-18).
— Randy Alcorn