So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”

Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.