'Expecting' in the Bible

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

Concerning him, the accusers stood up and brought no charge of the sort I was expecting.

They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.