and when Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water: and immediately the heavens seem'd to be parted asunder before him, and he saw the Spirit

Jesus answered: "Can the bridegroom's friends mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then.

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst themselves, casting lots.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;