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It is a take-off or slang rendition of the name Jesus, which is itself a Latinized version of the Aramaic/Palestinian name Yeshua. Yeshua is probably very close to what Jesus was actually called during his life. Possibly the expression is related to "By Jesus" or "By the power of Jesus".

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