71 occurrences in 13 translations

'Upon' in the Bible

So He went to her, and taking her hand He raised her to her feet: the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

Verse ConceptsHealingTaking By The HandThose Jesus Healedministering

When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

Verse ConceptsRooftopCrowdsHousesRoofBedsThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsLowering PeopleDisadvantages Of CrowdsUnable To Do Other ThingsBringing Men To Jesus

And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

Verse ConceptsAngerAttitudes Of StubbornnessAnger, HumanHardness Of HeartHeart, DivineAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousStretching OutChrist SeeingObstinate IndividualsThose Jesus Healed

And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,

Verse ConceptsSeafaringBoatsPressingDisadvantages Of CrowdsDisciples' MovementsPreparing To Travel

So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.

Verse ConceptsPeople EndedCivil War

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

Verse ConceptsShallownessSprouting PlantsSuddenlySproutingThings Going Up

And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

Verse ConceptsShallownessSuddenlyHearing God's WordRejoicing In God's Word

And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

Verse ConceptsFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return

And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand?

Verse ConceptsDisclosuresWeights And Measures, DryZeal, ReligiousParables Of Christ

And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

Verse ConceptsParables Of The KingdomPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seeds

As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

Verse ConceptsSmall ThingsPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seeds

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

Verse ConceptsBeggarsPigsDemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demons

and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

Verse ConceptsDemons, Delivered FromMisused PrivilegesLeaving

One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah

and he was calling upon him much, saying -- 'My little daughter is at the last extremity -- that having come, thou mayest lay on her thy hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfBad ParentsLove, And The WorldParents Duty To ChildrenParental LoveKept Alive By MenLaying On Hands To HealHow Healing CameFaith And HealingHealth And Healing

And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"

Verse ConceptsPressingTouching For HealingThe Disciples WordsWho Is The Doer?

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersRopesBad Wives ExamplesDispleasureTransferring Wives

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

Verse ConceptseagernessSuddenlyRemoving HeadsSkullsHasty ActionPots For Cooking And Eating

and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenReclining To EatGreengroups

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment

But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithGroups Shouting

And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore,

Verse ConceptsJoining Thingslakes

having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is,

Verse ConceptsBedsGroups RunningPeople Carrying Live People

and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InCloaksBeggarsMarketsTasselsStreetsOuter GarmentsFringe Of ClothesTouching For HealingJesus Healing

And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Verse ConceptsBedsLying Down To RestThose Jesus Healed

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesDiseases, Kinds OfBeggarsHandsLaying On Of HandsNatural DeafnessLaying On Hands To HealSpeech Impediments

'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

Verse ConceptsCompassionMercy, Of Jesus ChristNo Foodempathy

And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before them; and they did set before the multitude.

Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgivingCrowds Around JesusSeven ThingsReclining To EatThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTable Grace

And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him,

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesTouching For Healing

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaLaying On Hands To HealEyes Cared ForThe Faculty Of Sight

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

Verse ConceptsLaying On Hands To HealLooking And SeeingHope And Healing

They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."

Verse Conceptsdriving outBitingTeethGnashing Of TeethThrowing PeoplePeople Casting Out DemonsConvulsionsHardnessFoamsThe Disciples ActionsUnable To Expel

and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming.

Verse ConceptsPeople TumblingRollingConvulsionsFoamsThe First Sight Of Christ

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating JesusSalivaChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseMocking Christ

But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

Verse ConceptsRulersWhat Foreigners DoAuthorityChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItExerciserecognition

and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As Animals

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

Verse ConceptsRiding Donkeys

And many spread their garments upon the way; and others branches, which they had cut from the fields.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingFoliageUsing Roads

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfVisitingEntering The TempleLatenessTwelve DisciplesChrist In The TempleLooking And Seeing

But if we say, 'From men'"--they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John {as truly a prophet}.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things Down

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

Verse ConceptsAndrewPrivacyPeople Sitting DownQuestioning Christ

and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftopMan Going Down

It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersHuman Authority, Nature OfMan Appointing

And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHeadsHospitality, Examples OfMealsOintmentPerfumeA Broken WomanTablesWitnessing, Approaches ToRecreationHospitality Towards ChristBoxesBreaking ContainersReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensiveReceiving Jesus As A Guest

And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

Verse ConceptsHourNeverPossibilities For GodJesus PrayingPossible For God

And they laid their hands upon him and seized him.

Verse ConceptsArrestingArresting Christ

And some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

Verse ConceptsGesturesInsultsMockeryRidicule, Objects OfThe Smiting Of JesusBatteryBeating JesusSalivaHair PluckingBlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!

And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

Verse ConceptsWarmingChrist With People On Earth

Immediately a rooster crowed the second time. And Peter remembered what Jesus said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And thinking of this, he began weeping [in anguish].

Verse ConceptsContemplationPeter, The DiscipleRegretRememberingRepentance, Examples OfWeepingApostasy, RestoredCrowsConviction Of SinPainful MemoriesCommunicating Three TimesBird SoundsMourning In Regretdenial

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

Verse ConceptsStaffBeatingsBeating JesusSalivaStriking People With A Staff

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Verse ConceptsClothingChanceCrucifixion, Of ChristTortureGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing Plunder

Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

Verse ConceptsVisionWhiteWhite And Bright ClothesRight SidesEntering TombsJesus TombWhite Cloths

And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

Verse ConceptsConfusionTremblingFear, Of UnknownBewildermentJesus TombThose Who Did Not Tell

they shall take up serpents; and if they should drink any deadly thing it shall not injure them; they shall lay hands upon the infirm, and they shall be well.

Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesCharismatic IssuesLaying On Of HandsPower Over SnakesLaying On Hands To HealHealing Through DisciplesHurthurting

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