'Waiting' in the Bible

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.