'Waiting' in the Bible

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.

while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.