'Watched' in the Bible

They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

So the man watched them closely, expecting to get something from them.

The crowds gathered and were paying close attention to everything Philip said, as they heard [the message] and saw the [miraculous] signs which he was doing [validating his message].

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

He was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul watched him closely, and when he saw that he had faith to be healed,

But they stood watching and expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began saying that he was a god.