Textus Receptus Bibles

Both the Stephanus 1550 and the Beza 1598 Textus Receptus do not fully support this verse. In many cases the verse is supported from either the Bishop's Bible, Tyndale Bible or the Erasmus reading.

Variant: Transpose "Jesus Christ" to "Christ Jesus."

Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G1909

Greek: ἐπί

Transliteration: epi

Pronunciation: ep-ee'

Part of Speech: Preposition

Bible Usage: upon etc. (literally or figuratively).

Definition:

Thayers Strongs

of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at

1. upon, on, at, by, before

2. of position, on, at, by, over, against

3. to, over, on, at, across, against

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.