'Waiting' in the Bible

The people [outside in the court] were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering about his long delay in the temple.

Now the people were in a state of expectation, and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

Standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she got up and began serving them [as her guests].

Now as Jesus was returning [to Galilee], the people welcomed Him, for they had all been expecting Him.

Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks they may immediately open the door for him.

(he had not consented to the Council’s plan and action) a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for and expecting the kingdom of God;