'Upon' in the Bible

Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me , to take away my reproach among men.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:

And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:

And they brought him to Jesus: and they threw their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus thereon.

For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

for'so'shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire , and looking stedfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him.

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt deny me thrice.

And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.

And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.

And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye?

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my garments among them, And upon my vesture did they cast lots.

There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day ), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

So when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;

And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and great fear came upon all that heard it.

And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.

saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.

And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:

The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.