It is true that Luke fills the time between ascension and parousia with its own significance, but this is not a delay motif. Even an imminent parousia has to be waited for.10 So the question arises: Is the time between marked only by expectation or does it have its own significance in salvation-history? For Luke this period provides opportunity for faithful service to the absent but returning monarch (19:13, 16–25; 12:42–46); and it is a time to maintain alert readiness for the return of the master