'Waiting' in the Bible

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.

These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.

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

Don't believe them, because more than 40 of them are planning to ambush him. They've taken an oath not to eat or drink before they've killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent."

Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything.

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.