о, нашел рабочий код)
$("#searchBtn").click(function () {var phrase = $('#searchBtn').prev('input').val();
jQuery(":contains("+phrase+")").not(":has(:contains("+phrase+"))").each(function () {
var that = $(this);
var html = that.html();
html = html.replace(new RegExp(phrase, 'gi'), '<span class="light">'+phrase+'</span>');
that.html(html);
});
});
всем спасибо)