'Expecting' in the Bible

So you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you are not expecting."

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, because everyone was expecting him.

So the man watched them closely, expecting to get something from them.

The next day, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called his relatives and close friends together.

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!"

When his accusers stood up, they didn't accuse him of any of the crimes 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.

Therefore, no one should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me, because I am expecting him along with the brothers.