'Expected' in the Bible

He expected his countrymen to understand that God was granting them freedom through him [assuming that they would accept him], but they did not understand.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.