Verb diarrēssō (to tear, to break) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

26: 65Then the high priest tore (diarrēssō) his clothes and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.

Mark

14: 63Then the high priest tore (diarrēssō) his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?

Luke

5: 6When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break (diarrēssō).
8: 29for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break (diarrēssō) the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.)

Acts

14: 14When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore (diarrēssō) their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,